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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1980, Zapp released "More Bounce to the Ounce," and the tune changed the game for funk music. The song became a commercial ...

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 ...

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 ...

Funk legends ZAPP performed to a large crowd at the Broad Street End of Summer Bash Saturday, Aug. 22 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF Funk legends ZAPP performed to a large crowd at the Broad Street ...

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,” ...

There’s a new Ohio Historic marker on Salem Avenue in Dayton—at the spot where a lot of funk music came to life inside Troutman Sound Labs. Troutman Sound Labs was built in the early 80s, when a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uptown Funk is without a doubt one of the most iconic songs of the last decade. Following its release in 2014, it topped charts across the globe, became the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK and won ...