Editing Bootsy Collins (section)

{{Short description|American bassist (born 1951)}}
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{{Redirect|Bootsy|the American basketball player|Bootsy Thornton}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image           = William "Bootsy" Collins (cropped).jpg
| name            = Bootsy Collins
| caption         = Collins performing in 1998
| image_upright   =
| birth_name      = William Earl Collins
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1951|10|26}}  
| birth_place     = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| genre           = {{flatlist|
*[[Funk]]
*[[psychedelic soul]]
*[[rhythm and blues|R&B]]
*[[hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instrument      = {{flatlist|
*Bass guitar
*vocals}}
| years_active    = 1968–present
| label           = {{flatlist|
*[[Westbound Records|Westbound]]
*[[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace]]
*[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
*[[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
*[[Shout Records|Shout]]
*[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
*[[P-Vine Records|P-Vine]]
*[[Mascot Records|Mascot]]}}
| past_member_of= {{flatlist|
*[[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
*[[Funkadelic]]
*[[Bootsy's Rubber Band]]
*[[The GrooveGrass Boyz]]
*[[The J.B.'s]]}}
| website         = {{URL|bootsycollins.com}}
}}

'''William Earl''' "'''Bootsy'''" '''Collins''' (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=287/8|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> 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 with his driving basslines and humorous vocals.  He later formed his own [[P-Funk]] side project known as '[[Bootsy's Rubber Band]]'.<ref>{{cite web |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r31268 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band – Bootsy's Rubber Band |website=AllMusic |access-date=2011-07-06}}</ref>   He was a frequent collaborator with other musicians from a variety of genres, including dance music ([[Deee-Lite]]'s "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]"), electronic [[big beat]] ([[Fatboy Slim]]'s "[[Weapon of Choice (song)|Weapon of Choice]]" and "[[The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)|The Joker]]"), and [[alternative metal]] ([[Praxis (band)|Praxis]]), among others. He is a member of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked Collins number 4 in its list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time.<ref name="jj-rs-july2020">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-1003022/|title=The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time|author1=Jonathan Bernstein|display-authors=etal|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702034000/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-1003022/|archive-date=July 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>