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'''William Earl''' "'''Bootsy'''" '''Collins''' (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician, singer and songwriter.<sup>[1]</sup>
'''William Earl''' "'''Bootsy'''" '''Collins''' (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician, singer and songwriter.<sup>[1]</sup>


Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk.<sup>[2]</sup> He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk.<sup>[2]</sup> He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
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William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician, singer and songwriter.[1]

Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk.[2] He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.