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The album contains songs Zapp performed as a band from their first four albums, as well as songs from Roger Troutman's solo albums. It peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 and No. 9 on the R&B chart. [4] Two new songs were also included on the album: "Mega Medley" and "Slow and Easy", which were released as singles.
Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) [ 1][ 2] was an American singer and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music. Troutman frequently used the talk box, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard ...
Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band, Zapp & Roger) is an American funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio, United States, in 1977. Particularly influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp were known for their trademark use of the talk-box effect. The original line-up consisted of four Troutman brothers—frontman Roger, Larry, Lester and ...
The Many Facets of Roger is the debut solo project by Dayton, Ohio -based funk musician Roger Troutman. The album went platinum based on the R&B successes of "So Ruff, So Tuff" and his cover of Marvin Gaye 's "I Heard It through the Grapevine". In the album, Troutman featured two instrumentals, "A Chunk of Sugar" and "Blue (A Tribute to the ...
Unlimited! Unlimited! Unlimited! Unlimited! is the third solo album by Zapp frontman Roger Troutman (credited as "Roger"), released in 1987. [1] It includes a cover of James Brown 's 1965 single "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", as well as Roger's biggest R&B and crossover hit (on the pop charts ), " I Want to Be Your Man ."
Songs written or co-written by Roger Troutman. Pages in category "Songs written by Roger Troutman" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US US R&B US Sales US Dance US Rhythmic UK "More Bounce to the Ounce" 1980 86: 2 — 19 — — Zapp "Be Alright" 1981 — 26 — — — — "Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" 1982 — 10 — — — — Zapp II "A Touch of Jazz (Playin' Kinda Ruff Part II)"
"Computer Love" is a song performed by American funk band Zapp, issued as the fourth and final single from their fourth studio album The New Zapp IV U.Featuring vocals by Shirley Murdock and Charlie Wilson and written by Murdock, Zapp Band leader Roger Troutman and his brother Larry Troutman, [1] the single peaked at number 8 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1986.