George Clinton first became intrigued with music as a young child growing up in Plainfield, NJ in the 1950s. While in northern Jersey, George founded the barbershop doo-wop ensemble, the Parliaments. The group scored a major hit in 1967 with I want to Testify. Around this time, Clinton became heavily influenced by the psychedelic movement and began to separate himself from Motown. In the early 1970s, the Parliaments dropped the "S" from their name and George formed another band, Funkadelic. With these two groups, Clinton revolutionized R & B and cemented himself as one of the most influential artists in history.