In 1980, Zapp released "More Bounce to the Ounce," and the tune changed the game for funk music. The hit, ranked the best ...

In 1980, Zapp released "More Bounce to the Ounce," and the tune changed the game for funk music. The song became a commercial breakthrough, reaching No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart (now ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Commons was home to the second annual 614-Funk Fest tonight. The event highlights the funk music genre, including one group who performed who are native to Ohio ...

Lester Troutman Sr. says a dream happened. “Some brothers got together from Hamilton, Ohio and started talking about the dream that they had, and they started chasing their dream,” the drummer and ...

Performers like Zapp and Morris Day will take the stage tomorrow so we can hear some of their classic hits. The production company, “Fame Productions,” started this show to give people a chance to ...

Who’s got the funk? Virginia Beach. The 2025 Funk Fest Beach Party is set to deliver six funky musical acts headlined by bands Shalamar and Zapp on Aug. 22 and 23 Shalamar became known for its catchy ...

One of the biggest bands to emerge from Dayton is releasing a new CD and celebrating it here on stage. Zapp will celebrate the release of its latest album, "Zapp VII: Roger & Friends," from 7 p.m. to ...

Mark Ronson has been sued for copyright infringement over the similarity between "Uptown Funk" and the 1980 Zapp hit "More Bounce to the Ounce." By Gil Kaufman Mark Ronson is facing another lawsuit ...

Mark Ronson will once again be returning to court over Bruno Mars collaboration ‘Uptown Funk’. Released in back in November 2014, the duo have been sued numerous times over the track. First, members ...

Over the past few years, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have had to field three lawsuits over their mega-hit “Uptown Funk,” filed by bands and artists claiming that the duo had infringed on their ...

The suit claims substantial parts of Ronson's hit were copied from Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce." By Gil Kaufman, Billboard Mark Ronson is facing another lawsuit over his smash hit “Uptown Funk,” ...

It’s not often that one group of people can lay claim to influencing the rise of two separate genres of popular music. But that is exactly the case with Zapp, whose eponymous 1980 release was ...