Jeanette Washington is a funk vocalist best known as a member of the band Parliament.
That year, she joined Parliament with Debbie Wright, becoming the first female members of the group.
Washington formed the female spin-off band Parlet in 1978 with Wright and Mallia Franklin[1] for their first album Pleasure Principle.
[2] She recorded the group's remaining two albums Invasion Of the Booty Snatchers in 1979[3] and Play Me Or Trade Me in 1980 with Shirley Hayden and Janice Evans.
Washington is the only Parlet member to have remained in the band for the duration of the group's career.