Parlet

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{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Parlet

|image = Parlet1979.jpg

|caption = Parlet in 1979

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|background = group_or_band

|alias =

|origin = Detroit, MI

|instrument =

|genre = Funk, soul

|occupation =

|years_active = 1978–1980

|label = Casablanca

|associated_acts =

|website =

|current_members =

|past_members = Mallia Franklin
Debbie Wright
Jeanette Washington
Shirley Hayden
Janice Evans

}}

Parlet was a female spinoff group from P-Funk formed by veteran background vocalists Mallia Franklin, Jeanette Washington and Debbie Wright.{{cite web|last1=Greenberg|first1=Adam|title=Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/parlet-mn0000790555/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=26 March 2022}} Washington and Wright were the first female members in Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975.

Discography

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!Studio albums

!US R&B
{{cite web|title=Parlet - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/parlet-mn0000790555/awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225817/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/parlet-mn0000790555/awards|archive-date=October 1, 2013}}

!Year

Pleasure Principle

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|1978

Invasion of the Booty Snatchers

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|1979

Play Me or Trade Me

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|1980

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!Singles

!US R&B
{{cite magazine|title=Parlet|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/parlet/chart-history/bsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-17}}

!Year

Pleasure Principle

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|1978

Ridin High

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|1979

Wolf Tickets

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|1980

Help From My Friends

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|1980

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