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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) [1] [2] was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Troutman frequently used the talk box , a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard, but most commonly a guitar) to create different vocal effects.
The band disbanded in 1999 after Roger and Larry Troutman died in an apparent murder-suicide executed by Larry. Zapp reformed briefly in 2003 with the remaining brothers of the Troutman family to produce the album Zapp VI: Back By Popular Demand .
Larry Troutman recommended Nicole Cottom, a friend of his daughter, to help sing background vocals. Roger recalled her being in the studio one day while he was recording his vocals: "There was a spot in the song where there was a hole and I asked her to do something. It was so good, there was no need to take it out." [4]
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 Blues ...
"Slow and Easy" is a song performed by American rhythm and blues band Zapp (then credited as Zapp & Roger), issued as the second and final single from their first greatest hits album All the Greatest Hits. It was written by Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman and Shirley Murdock; and was produced by Roger. [4]
All the Greatest Hits is the first official greatest hits album by American funk band Zapp (then credited as Zapp & Roger), released October 26, 1993, via Reprise Records. [3] The album contains songs Zapp performed as a band from their first four albums, as well as songs from Roger Troutman 's solo albums.
"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.
Zapp V (aka Zapp Vibe) is the fifth studio album by Ohio P-Funk band Zapp.. Zapp Vibe became the last full-length album to include frontman Roger Troutman and brother Larry Troutman before their untimely deaths in 1999.