Editing George Clinton (funk musician) (section)

===Beginnings===
George Edward Clinton was born in [[Kannapolis, North Carolina]],<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=274}}</ref> grew up in [[Plainfield, New Jersey]], and as of 2024<ref name="KeyTallahassee">{{cite web | last=Jordan | first=Gina | title=Funk pioneer George Clinton gets a key to the City of Tallahassee | website=WFSU News | date=22 February 2024 | url=https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2024-02-22/funk-pioneer-george-clinton-gets-a-key-to-the-city-of-tallahassee | access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> has lived in [[Tallahassee, Florida]] for thirty years. During his teen years, Clinton formed a [[doo-wop]] group inspired by [[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers]] called [[the Parliaments]], while straightening hair at a barbershop in [[Plainfield, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/george-clinton-537674 |title=George Clinton - Singer, Songwriter - Biography |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027215946/https://www.biography.com/people/george-clinton-537674 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The West End of Plainfield was once home to a barbershop on 216 Plainfield Avenue known as "Silk Palace". Owned in part by Clinton, it was staffed by various members of Parliament-Funkadelic, and known as the "hangout for all the local singers and musicians" in Plainfield's 1950s and 1960s doo-wop, [[Soul music|soul]], [[Rock music|rock]], and proto-[[funk]] music scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524701804/george-clinton-and-killer-mike-talking-barber-shop|title=George Clinton And Killer Mike: Talking (Barber) Shop|website=Npr.org|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>Sammy Campbell and the Del Larks - Classic Urban Harmony. classicurbanharmony.net/wp-content/uploads/.../Sammy-Campbell-The-Del-Larks.pdf by T Ashley. The story of the Del Larks revolves around the extensive music careers of two individuals; Sammy. Campbell and Ron Taylor.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocknrollspotlight.com/?p=467|title=George Clinton and the Parliaments – (Part One of Two) – Rock 'n' Roll Spotlight|website=Rocknrollspotlight.com|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>