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Timeline
29 events▣ Album 26◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1930s
1970s
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Debut release: The Weird World of Blowfly
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
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Biography
Clarence Henry Reid (February 14, 1939 – January 17, 2016) was an American musician, songwriter and producer also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly. He released over 25 parody albums as Blowfly and another three albums as Clarence Reid.
Biography
Reid was born in Cochran, Georgia, in 1939 and moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, in his adolescence (c. 1949). His stage name was given to him by his grandmother who he would visit in Georgia occasionally. During this time, Reid would make explicit parodies of the country music that was popular on the airwaves in Cochran then, prompting his grandmother to brand him a "blowfly". In hillbilly, you'll find some of the best lyrics and morals. I used to listen to Homer and Jethro, and they would rap most of the time, only they didn't call it rap then. They used to call it soul talkin'. As a form of revenge, I would take songs like "The Twist," and I would change it from (sings) "Come on baby, let's do the twist" to "Come on baby, and suck my d-!" My grandma would say that's terrible, you're a poor excuse for a human being. Child, you're nastier than a blowfly.During the 1960s and 1970s he wrote for and produced artists including Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, Gwen McCrae, Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Bobby Byrd, and KC & the Sunshine Band. Reid wrote hit songs such as Betty Wright's Clean Up Woman and Gwen McCrae's Rockin' Chair. During this period he was also a recording artist, cutting many of his own songs, including "Nobody But You Babe" and his first XXX record, "Oddballs" which was reworked into "Rapp Dirty" several years later.
Reid wrote sexually explicit versions of hit songs for fun but only performed them for his friends at parties or in the studio. In 1971, he along with a band of studio musicians, recorded a whole album of these songs under the name Blowfly. The album, The Weird World of Blowfly
The Weird World of BlowflySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Weird World1:032My Baby Keeps Farting in My Face1:293Hold on It's Running1:224Hole Man2:585The Eating Song (Yum-Yum)2:026Shitting on the Dock of the Bay2:327To-To-To-To-To (The Fart Song)3:528I Don't Want No Woman to Give Me Nothing1:379The Eater3:1710Spermy Night in Georgia2:1811Odd Balls2:2612Baby Let Me Do It to You1:4813It's a Faggot's World2:1714A Child's Dick2:0815The Sperm Is Gone2:4016Outro1:09, features Reid dressed as a low-rent supervillain on its cover. Blowfly continued to perform in bizarre costumes as his Blowfly character and record sexually explicit albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Reid claimed to be one of the first artists to perform in a mask, and transitioned from a "tuxedo like Dracula" or a "buttless" Clint Eastwood inspired outfit, to the spandex suits that he became known for in response to public demand. The albums were widely popular as "party records". He recorded the explicit version of his song "Rapp Dirty" (a.k.a. "Blowfly's Rapp") in 1980. Blowfly's music has been described as a precursor to hip-hop.
Blowfly's profane style earned Reid legal trouble. He was sued by songwriter Stanley Adams, who was ASCAP president at the time, for spoofing "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" as "What a Difference a Lay Makes". Reid's own compositions have been sampled by dozens of hip hop, R&B, and electronic artists but Reid received almost no money from sampling due to signing away most of his royalties.
Blowfly's Zodiac Blowfly LP (also released on CD in 1996 on Weird World Records) includes the songs "If Eating You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right", "The First Time Ever You Sucked My Dick", and "Ain't No Head Like My Woman's Head", as well as a version of "Clean Up Woman", which he co-wrote. Another album of this period is The Weird World of Blowfly.
2000s
In 2003, Blowfly sold the rights to his entire catalog after years of debt. After 17 years of sporadic touring and occasional re-recording of his classic raps, Blowfly signed with Jello Biafra's independent record label Alternative Tentacles in 2005. Fahrenheit 69, the first album under the new contract, featured appearances from Slug of Atmosphere, King Coleman, Gravy Train, and Afroman.
Blowfly's Punk Rock Party, a 2006 album release from Alternative Tentacles, features several punk rock classics given the Blowfly treatment—including a rewrite of the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" recast as "R. Kelly in Cambodia", which features Biafra (the song's composer and original singer) playing a trial judge. The album also includes "I Wanna Be Fellated", "Gotta Keep Her Penetrated", "I Wanna Fuck Your Dog" and "Should I Fuck This Big Fat Ho?".
Blowfly completed his first tour of Australia in March 2007, and toured Germany with Die Ärzte in 2008. He performed at the 2010 Big Day Out music festival, held in Australia and New Zealand.
The movie The Weird World of Blowfly was directed by Jonathan Furmanski and premiered at South by Southwest in 2010; it received a wider release in September 2011.
Illness and death
On January 12, 2016, Blowfly drummer "Uncle" Tom Bowker announced in a statement on the Blowfly Facebook page that Reid was suffering from terminal liver cancer and had been admitted to a hospice facility in Florida. According to Bowker, the singer would release his final LP – entitled 77 Rusty Trombones – in February 2016. Reid died on January 17, 2016, from cancer and multiple organ failure at the hospice facility in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, aged 76.
Family
Reid's daughter is former WNBA player Tracy Reid.
Albums as Clarence Reid
Dancin' with Nobody But You Babe (1969)
Running Water (1973)
On the Job (1976)
Albums as Blowfly
The Weird World of Blowfly (1971 or 1973)
Blow Fly on TV (1974)
Zodiac Blowfly (1975)
Oldies But Goodies (1976)
Blowfly's Disco Party (1977)
At the Movies (1977)
Zodiac Party (1978)
Blowfly's Party (1980) #82 US, #26 Black Albums
Rappin' Dancing & Laughin (1980)
Butterfly (1981)
Porno Freak (1981)
Fresh Juice (1983)
Electronic Banana (1985)
On Tour 1986 (1986)
Blowfly and the Temple of Doom (1987)
Blowfly for President (1988)
Freak Party (1989)
Twisted World of Blowfly (1991)
2001: A Sex Odyssey (1996)
Analthology: The Best of Blowfly (1996)
Blowfly Does XXX-Mas (1999)
Fahrenheit 69 (2005)
Blowfly's Punk Rock Party (2006)
Superblowfly (2007)
Live At the Platypussery (2008)
Black in the Sack (2012) – PATAC records
77 Rusty Trombones (2016)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 29 | 90.1th |
| Studio albums | 26 | 97.7th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 29 | 96.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 42 | 82.7th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (29 release groups · 26 studio albums)
Albums · 26
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 34:58
1Weird World1:032My Baby Keeps Farting in My Face1:293Hold on It's Running1:224Hole Man2:585The Eating Song (Yum-Yum)2:026Shitting on the Dock of the Bay2:327To-To-To-To-To (The Fart Song)3:528I Don't Want No Woman to Give Me Nothing1:379The Eater3:1710Spermy Night in Georgia2:1811Odd Balls2:2612Baby Let Me Do It to You1:4813It's a Faggot's World2:1714A Child's Dick2:0815The Sperm Is Gone2:4016Outro1:091973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 34:39
A1Intro1:12A2Funky Spermy Days1:26A3Freddy's Dick Is Dead1:34A4The Ghetto1:36A5I'm Your Pussy Man2:06A6Superfly1:55A7She Sucks on My Dick2:19A8Cross 110 Street1:52A9Outro1:30B1Intro0:48B2The Best Thing Is Pussy0:55B3I Refuse to Eat Cock1:53B4Faggot Affair1:43B5Butt You1:28B6My Daddy Got the Biggest Dick2:26B7Trouble Man1:34B8The Godfather1:02B9Bad Motherfucker3:20B10Scream On2:14B11Outro1:461973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks
AFirst ShowBSecond Show1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 25:43
A1Ed Sullivan Show4:18A2Sesame Street2:34A3Batman2:42A4Signed and Sealed1:38A5Mammy Told Me2:17B1Tom Jones Show6:26B2Bat-Man #22:44B3One Less Dick3:041975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 36:41
1Butterfly's Intro1:192All You Ho's Chorus2:163Aries – If Eating You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Right2:424Taurus – The First Time Ever You Sucked My Dick3:265Gemini – I Know A Place2:596Leo – Sophisticated Sissy2:317Cancer – If She Don’t Want It2:048Sagittarius – Everyday I Have To Suck Some2:299Virgo – Ain’t No Head Like My Woman’s Head3:2710Pisces – My Bitch1:5211Libra – Let’s Suck Together2:1012Capricorn – Katey Pearl2:4813Scorpio – Clean-Up Woman2:4114Aquarius – Butterfly’s Outro3:571976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 31:50
APart I17:08BPart II14:421977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 28:02
1Shake Your Ass3:572What A Difference3:283Bad Fuck3:084Suck It3:275Spread Your Cheeks4:116Freak Out6:447Kiss It All Around3:071978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
1Butterfly's Intro2All You Ho's Chorus3Aries - If Eating You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right4Taurus - The First Time Ever You Sucked My Dick5Gemini - I Know a Place6Leo - Sophisticated Sissy7Cancer - If She Don't Want It8Sagittarius - Everyday I Have to Suck Some9Virgo - Ain't No Head Like My Woman's Head10Pisces - My Bitch11Libra - Let's Suck Together12Capricorn - Katey Pearl13Scorpio - Clean-Up Woman14Aquarius - Butterfly's Outro1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 39:33
1To Fuck The Boss4:462Maricon7:213Porno Freak7:054The Girl Wants to Fuck5:525International Pricks7:476Porno Freak (Instrumental)6:421980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:14
A1Blowfly's Rapp (instrumental)8:42A2Panty Lines4:10A3Prick Ryder3:45A4Nobody's Butt but Yours, Babe3:45B1Blowfly's Rapp5:51B2Show Me a Man Who Don't Like to Fuck3:37B3Who Did I Eat Last Night?4:11B4Can I Come in Your Mouth4:131983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:13
A1That's What Your Pussy's Made For7:00A2Too Fat to Fuck5:49A3The First Black President3:46A4I've Got to Be Free5:46B1Business Deal4:55B2The Vampire That Ate Miami4:48B3She's Bad4:31B4More Than One Pussy4:381984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
A1Explosion (In The Temple Of Doom)A2Rap ’N BlowA3The Cum TestA4She’d Make A Hell Of A ManB1The First Black President Part 2B2Fuck The PainB3Buzzard Luck1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:40
1Electronic Pussy Sucker6:022Rapp Nasty '846:063It Takes a Freak6:394Business Deal4:535Fuck the Devil6:216Blowfly Rides Again5:187Rotten Fish3:578Gimme That Old '69 (The Number Song)2:241984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:05
1The Electronic Pussy Sucker6:052Rap Dirty, Part 26:063The Freak6:444Fuck the Devil6:215Blowfly Rides Again5:516Rotten Fish3:581989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:47
1Super Macho Fucker4:032Hung Prick4:303Blowflys ABCs5:124Fuck Wars5:545Lip Smackin Love5:176Blowfly for President6:207X Rated Pussy4:128Pop the Cherry3:191992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:02
1Shake Your Ass!5:372Girl Let Me Cum in Your Mouth3:533Funky Party3:114Fuck the Fat Off5:205Porno Freak4:196Who Did I Eat Last Night?3:237Hole Man / Clean Up Woman4:138Rap Dirty4:239Zodiac Blowfly5:43Zodiac Blowfly (The Original 70's Sessions)
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:13:59
1Butterfly's (intro)1:162All You Ho's Chorus2:203Aries- If Eating You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right2:434Taurus- The First Time Ever You Sucked My Dick3:265Gemini- I Know a Place3:006Leo- Sophisticated Sissy2:317Cancer- If She Don't Want It2:058Sagittarius- Everyday I Have to Suck Some2:309Virgo- Ain't No Head Like My Woman's Head1:2410Pisces- My Bitch2:0411Libra- Let's Suck Together1:5312Capricorn- Katey Pearl2:1013Scorpio- Clean-Up Woman2:4814Aquarius- Butterfly's (outro)2:4215The Butterfly Show Intro & W-Fuck Station ID4:0016Rapp Dirty1:4017More Cracker Lies/The Beep-Beep Dick Pill5:4018It Could Have Been Worse3:2819Suck Train1:3820Easter Bunny/Tarzan of the Apes/Crackers Kiss Ma Ass1:1621Beaver's Groove2:1322W-Fuck Station ID/Niggaz Aint Shit3:0423Juice It Up3:2124Big Game Hunter & Other Gags0:5925Neither One of Us Wants to Be the Last to Come2:3526Niggaz in a Bar Wit' a Weenie2:1427Integrated Education/The Farting Contest & Other Short Gags2:0528Sign-Off & Station ID5:5629The Hidden0:58Rappin', Dancin', And Laughin'
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 34:19
1Convoy7:132Blowfly Vs. Darth Vadar7:443Cricka4:584The Incredible Fulk8:365The Word Game5:486The Insects Theme1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks
1Intro2Rap Dirty3More Cracker Lies4Could Have Been Worse5Suck Train6Easter Bunny7Tarzan8Crackers Kiss My Ass9Beaver Chase10W Fuck11Niggaz Ain't Shit12Juice It Up13Big Game Hunter14Neither One Of Us15Niggaz In A Bar16Integrated Education17Fart Contest18Outro1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 38:34
1Let's Do It on the Ground2:482The Power of Pussy5:023The Court Room2:364Who's That Guy2:445There's a Whore2:196I'm Jackin'2:117Mirror, Mirror1:288Clappy, Clappy Me2:119Agent Triple 0 691:2510Don't Suck Me No More1:5711You Would Suck Me1:3712Fuck the Girls1:2813Cream On1:3414We Only Just Begun1:5315Eatin' Pussy2:0016I'm a Freak and I'm Proud1:5617Don't Pull It Out3:251997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:03:28
1The First Black President3:502That's What Your Pussy's Made For7:013Too Fat to Fuck5:504I've Got to Be Free5:485More Than One Pussy4:406Gimme That Old '692:257Explosion (In the Temple of Doom)4:248Rap'n' Blow3:559Blowfly in America5:0210Beggin' for Pussy (medley)9:1611Blowfly's Freak Party4:2612The First Black President, Part 26:511999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 33:04
1Jingle Bell Rock (Jingle Bell Cock)1:422Frosty the Snowman2:003Feliz Navidad2:044Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Lays of Christmas)3:155I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (I Saw Daddy Suckin' Santa Claus)2:066Baby, It's Cold Outside3:197White Christmas (Black Christmas)2:198Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Santa Claus Is Cumin')2:279Winter Wonderland2:1810Deck the Halls (Dick the Hoes)1:4711Silver Bells (Silver Balls)2:1012Jingle Bells (Jingle Balls)1:4513Little Drummer Boy2:2214'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Twats the Night Before Xxx-Mas)3:302005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks
1Hail to the 'Fly2Blowfly for President3Cracker Yakking #14The Booty Bus5Cracker Yakking #26Your Precious Cunt7The Great Debate8Uncle's Log Cabin9You've Got Your Dick on Backwards10Cracker Yakking #311Diggin' Boogers12I Believe My Dick Can Fly13Ugly People14Cracker Yakking #415When Darkness Falls16No More Questions17Pimpin' Policy2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:04:01
1Punk Cock Is Rock1:492Should I Fuck This Big Fat Ho?2:443V.D. Party3:394R. Kelly in Cambodia3:175Suck and Fuck Train1:446Stick It Down Your Throat Bitch1:447I Wanna Fuck Your Dog3:498Scumbag Fucker3:079I Wanna Be a Sex Toy2:1010I Wanna Be Fellated2:0511Suck It1:4512Destructo Cock1:4413Fucked With a Dildo0:5614Gotta Keep Her Penetrated2:3815Playing With Myself2:1816R. Kelly in Cambodia (Not Guilty, Slight Return)2:4117Wild in the Sheets1:3518Drenched in Cum3:1319Punk Rock Party2:0320Should I Lay This Big Fat Ho (All Ages radio edit)2:4421R. Kelly in Cambodia (All Ages radio edit)3:1722V.D. Party (All Ages radio edit)3:3923I Wanna Be Fellated (All Ages radio edit)2:0424Playing With Myself (All Ages radio edit)2:1825R. Kelly in Cambodia (Not Guilty, Slight Return) (All Ages radio edit)4:582008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:16
12001 A Sex Odyssey1:162Cum for Me3:533Y.M.C.A. (G.) A. (Y.)4:104Another One Lerns To Fuck3:355Insomnia3:026Planet Twat3:537Fuck Is Love4:488Please Don't Blow4:189Blue Monday5:0810When Doves Cum5:4511We Will Fuck You3:282013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Oh, BenA2AM/FMA3The SoundA4Dirty ChickenB1Black in the SackB2Spermy Night (Slight Return)B3Girlies in the MorningB4Dick Stabbath
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1980 | Rapp Dirty / Blowfly's RappSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 13:35ARapp Dirty6:51 BBlowfly's Rapp6:44 | 1980 | ||
| 2015 | Jimmy Wants to DanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAJimmy Wants to Dance BJimmy Wants to Dance (Patchwork remix) | 2015 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1996 | The Best Of Blowfly: 'The Analthology'Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:11:161Shake Your Ass5:37 2Funky Party3:11 3Hole Man, Clean Up Woman4:13 4Rap Dirty4:23 5Porno Freak4:20 6I've Got to Be Free5:47 7Who Did I Eat Last Night?3:22 8Too Fat to Fuck5:50 9The First Black President3:48 10Girl Let Me Cum in Your Mouth3:53 11Zodiac Blowfly5:45 12Cum of a Life Time5:00 13Rotten Fish3:56 14That's What Your Pussy's Made For7:01 15Blowfly's ABC's5:10 | Compilation | 1996 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Blowfly head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 29 | 90.1th |
| Studio albums | 26 | 97.7th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 29 | 96.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 42 | 82.7th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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Wikidata: Q1811603 · MusicBrainz: 47e10a96-cd1a-4fd9-947e-87b1a201284e
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