In the late 1950s, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins started a doo-wop group with George Clinton. Originally called the Parliaments, the group eventually became Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the most influential bands of the 1970s.
Haskins also had a solo career. In the chapters, you'll see an image of the cover of his 1976 album, "A Whole Nother Thang." It has a nice picture of him.
Longtime writer/editor Sheldon Zoldan wrote this tribute to Haskins, who died in March last year. This is one of 44 short yet illuminating episodes about significant figures in the music industry who passed away in 2023.
Sheldon also writes Song of the Day, a music-related story sent daily to an email list of subscribers. All of those stories and these tributes include links to the featured songs. Here, you can link to “I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody Got A Thing" on YouTube. (I've also seen the title referred to as "Everybody's (possessive) Got A Thing." Maybe both are correct!)
To get on the Song of the Day subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.
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Tribute to Pete Brown, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
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Tribute to Bobby Caldwell, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
Tribute to Jim Gordon, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
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Tribute to David Jolicoeur, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
Tribute to Burt Bacharach, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
Tribute to Barrett Strong, featuring Sheldon Zoldan
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