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 ...

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 ...

Mark Ronson is being sued for allegedly ripping off Zapp and Roger Troutman's 1980 track "More Bounce To The Ounce" on his Bruno Mars super-hit "Uptown Funk," according to TMZ. Lastrada Entertainment, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the ...

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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,” ...

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 ...

Mark Ronson has reached a court settlement regarding his and Bruno Mars's 2014 smash hit "Uptown Funk," TMZ reports. Lastrada Entertainment, who own the rights to Zapp's 1980 hit song "Mo Bounce to ...