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Ray Davis

Born 29.03.1940 Died 05.07.2005 from respiratory complications, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, U.S.A. He was most famous for providing the bass vocals on [a=Parliament]'s funk songs "Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka)" and "Flashlight". During the early 80's, he joined the late [a=Roger Troutman]'s band [a=Zapp]. He lived in Franklin Park, remained active musically in recent years, working with the [a=The Temptations] after the death of [a=Melvin Franklin] in the mid-90's. He also toured from 1998 with original [a=P-Funk All Stars] members and [a=Greg Thomas (2)].