Bernie Worrell

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Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American musician and record producer. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Worrell was a child musical prodigy. He later studied at the Juilliard School and received a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967. After meeting George Clinton, frontman of the Parliaments, Worrell relocated with them and their backing band, the Funkadelics, to Detroit,…

Known for

• Ricki and the Flash — Billy2015
• Finding the Funk — Self2014
• Beware of Mr. Baker — Self2012
• Moogfest 2006: Live2007
• Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove — Self2005
• Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth — Self2005
• Moog — Self2004
• Rising Low — Self2002
• Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant — Self1988
• Stop Making Sense — Self - Keyboards1984

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1944-04-19

Active to

2016-06-24

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Listeners

52,709

Total plays

268,762

Dr. George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. A musical prodigy, he began formal piano lessons by age three and wrote a concerto at

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Long Branch

Place of death

Everson

Occupation

composer

Educated at

Juilliard School

Genre

soul

Instrument

synthesizer

Official website

www.bernieworrell.com

Image

Bernie Worrell - SociaLibrium, Vienna2009 a.jpg

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