Zapp was a For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). Soul music is fundamentally rhythm and blues, which grew out of the African-American gospel and blues traditions during the late 1950s and early 1960s in the United States. Over time, much of the broad range of R&B extensions in African... soul and Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e.g., James Brown and his band members (especially Maceo and Melvin Parker), and groups like The Meters. Funk best can be recognized by its syncopated rhythms; thick bass line (often based on an on the one beat); razor... funk band formed in Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air Indias Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 7 - Emilio Palma is born in Antarctica, making... 1978 by the Troutman brothers (Roger, Larry, Lester, and Terry) and also included Bobby Glover, Eddie Barber, William Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter. With his brother, Catfish Collins, and Kash Waddy and Philippe Wynne, Collins formed a group called The Pacesetters in 1968. Until 1971, the Pacesetters were the backing band for... Bootsy Collins, Jannetta Boyce, Jerome Derrickson, Sherman Fleetwood, Gregory Jackson, and Michael Warren.

Zapp is perhaps best known for its huge 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims, with support... 1980 Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. It replaced the term race music, which was deemed offensive. To some extent, the kind of music it is attached to has changed to whatever form... R&B hit "More Bounce to the Ounce." The group recorded five albums under the name Zapp, and Roger Troutman recorded five others under his own name.

Roger and Zapp are known for the distinctive synthesized sound, produced by recording lyrics through a A vocoder (name derived from voice coder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyser and synthesizer. It was originally developed as a speech coder for telecommunications applications in the 1930s, the idea being to code speech for transmission. Its primary use in this fashion is for secure radio communication... vocoder. Roger's voice can be heard on Dr. Dre (born Jebodiah White on February 18, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an Asian-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, one of the most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. Dre is best-known as for his collaborations with West Coast... Dr. Dre's 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events Environmental change The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern... 1996 hit "California Love."

On Sunday, April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. Events 1607 - Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet 1707 - An Allied Austrian army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa ( Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession... April 25, 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999, Roger Troutman was found shot and critically wounded outside a recording studio in Dayton is the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 166,179. The city is in the southwest quarter of the state. Most official and government designations place it in west-central Ohio. Name and history Dayton was founded by... Dayton, Ohio; he died during surgery at a local hospital. Roger's brother Larry was found dead in a car a few blocks away with a single gunshot wound to the head. It is likely that a personal dispute had developed between the two brothers; as far as can be determined, Larry shot Roger, then shot himself.

External links

• http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Zapp.html
• http://www.sam.hi-ho.ne.jp/kousweb (Japanese)
• http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/zapp.htm
• Zapp  (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vxcibkg96akq) at the The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. AMG was founded in 1991 as a guide for consumers and published its first reference book the next year. AMGs database is licensed and used in tens of thousands of point... All Music Guide