The Parliaments – “(I Wanna) Testify” (1967)
This early 45 by the orginal Parliaments was a big hit back in 1967 on Revilot Records. In truth, George Clinton is the only Parliament member who actually appears on the song. The other singers were from a band called The Holidays.
A few years later Clinton altered their name to simply Parliament and the backing band went out front as Funkadelic and the rest, as they say, is history. In 1974 Parliament re-recorded the song under the simpler name ”Testify.”
A great piece of soul music 60s style…
