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Bernie Worrell

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, Michigan; both groups became collectively known as Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell co-wrote and played piano and synthesizers on many of their recordings, as well as writing horn and rhythm arrangements. In the 1980s, Worrell performed and recorded with Talking Heads, appearing on the live album The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, the studio album Speaking in Tongues, and in the band's concert film, Stop Making Sense. In 2016, the New England Conservatory of Music awarded Worrell an honorary Doctor of Music degree. Worrell died at his home in Everson, Washington, on June 24, 2016, at the age of 72, from a combination of prostate cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer.


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Born:
Apr 19, 1944 In Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection 1976-10-30
Latest Project:
Movie Ricki and the Flash 2015-07-10
Known For
Poster of Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
Poster of Stop Making Sense
Poster of Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Poster of Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection
Filmography
Movie Ricki and the Flash Billy 2015-07-10
Movie Finding the Funk Self 2014-01-31
Movie Beware of Mr. Baker Self 2012-11-28
Movie Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove Himself 2005-04-05
Movie Rising Low Himself 2002-10-08
Movie Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Self 1988-04-13
Movie Stop Making Sense Self - Keyboards 1984-11-16
Movie Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre Self - Keyboards 1980-11-04
Movie Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection Himself 1976-10-30