It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Parliaments “(I Wanna) Testify”
Before morphing into Parliament and Funkadelic, New Jersey-based group The Parliaments made two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, the first of which reached the Top 20. Exactly 50 years ago, that song — “(I Wanna) Testify” — rose to a peak position of number 20.
