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Raymond Davis (March 29, 1940 – July 5, 2005) was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments , and subsequently the bands Parliament , and Funkadelic , collectively known as P-Funk . His regular nickname while he was with those groups was "Sting Ray" Davis. Aside from George Clinton , he was the only original member of the Parliaments not to leave the Parliament-Funkadelic conglomerate in 1977. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic .
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He was born in Sumter, South Carolina to Julius and Carrie Bell (Pack) Davis, and worked with Roger Troutman and Zapp in the early to mid-1980s. His distinctive bass can be heard on "I Can Make You Dance," and "Do Wa Ditty." He was also briefly in a later period line-up of The Temptations , joining after the death of original bass singer Melvin Franklin ,[1] For Lovers Only .throat cancer . In later years, he performed with former Temptation Glenn Leonard in Leonard's group, The Temptations Experience. And in 1998, along with original Parliament-Funkadelic members Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins , Calvin Simon , and "Shady Grady" Thomas , he formed the Original P .
Davis died in New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 5, 2005, at the age of 65, of respiratory problems.[2] [3]
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^ "Ray Davis" . The Daily Telegraph . July 14, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
^ "Ray Davis, 65, Veteran Member of P-Funk, Is Dead" . The New York Times . July 8, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2024 .
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