Parliament's Ray Davis dies


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Parliament/Funkadelic's Ray Davis Dies

Ray Davis, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Tuesday from respiratory complications at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., according to his son, Derrick . He was 65.

Davis provided bass vocals on songs such as "Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka)," "One Nation Under a Groove" and "Flashlight." The latter two songs reached No. 1 on Billboard's R&B charts.
 

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