American singer-songwriter and bass player

Bootsy Collins

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himself as one of the leading names and innovators in funk music with his driving basslines and humorous vocals. He later formed his own P-Funk side project known as 'Bootsy's Rubber Band'. He has been a frequent collaborator with musicians from a variety of genres, including dance music, electronic big beat, and alternative metal (Praxis), among others.

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1951

October 26

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1185 The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
1341 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1520 Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

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The world in 1951

When Bootsy arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Edward Garnier 1952– English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Evo Morales 1959– Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia Ferdinand Georg Frobenius 1849–1917 German mathematician and academic (born 1849) Florence Kasumba 1976– Ugandan-German actress Georges Danton 1759–1794 French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759) Joey Salceda 1961– Filipino politician John Basset 1518– Devonshire gentleman (died 1541)

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor Dan Fouts 1951– American football player and sportscaster

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