Bernie Worrell
Musician
United StatesUnited States

19 April 1944 – 24 June 2016

Bernie Worrell

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Dr. George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. A musical prodigy, he began formal piano lessons by age three and wrote a concerto at age eight. He went on to study at Juilliard and the New England Conservatory of Music.

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Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album

  1. 1978
  2. 1990
  3. 1993
  4. 1997
  5. 2007
  6. 2010

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