GEORGE CLINTON

singer with funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic

“Wow, let me think about that a minute. I guess it would have had to have been the Spaniels ‘cause I just had to have everything that they put out.

“And the Flamingos. And then the Chicago groups like the El Dorados and the Dells. It was all doo-wop stuff.

“Frankie Lyman. The Heartbeats...I bought all of their singles, but it took them a while to get an album. Then the Jesters and the Paragons out of New York.”