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"Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff. "Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, vocoderized voice (a precursor to the Auto-Tune sound) before busting out an unmodified, soulful wail, pleading for a trip to the party ...
When the 1980 disco-funk song “Funkytown” was still a 1980s hit, listeners to KKDA/104.5 FM and KKDA/730 AM grew up hearing the station refer to “Funky Town Fort Worth.” The song is catchy.
Lipps Inc. started as a project of Steven Greenberg when he was a wedding DJ who wanted to try his hand at writing disco songs. He had intended to use the name Lip Sync, but it was in use by another group, so instead he chose the homophone Lipps Inc. Greenberg was the sole member of the group until he met Cynthia Johnson while auditioning singers for his song "Rock It".
Johnson was the lead singer of the popular Minneapolis-based band Lipps Inc., best known for its 1980 song "Funkytown".The song hit No. 1 in 28 countries, sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, and earned a place in the "One-Hit Wonders" section of the Rock & Roll Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
The story goes that the town's first postmaster decided to use the number because he wasn't confident enough in his handwriting to spell anything legibly. He also had 88 cents in his pocket at the ...
Funkytown" is a 1979 disco song performed by Lipps Inc. and covered many times. Funkytown or Funky Town may also refer to: Funkytown, a Canadian drama film released in 2010 (festival circuit) and 2011 (wide release) Funky Town (Camp Mulla album), 2012; Funky Town (T-Bone Walker album), 1968
The single-level brick home where Candy Montgomery killed Betty Gore in 1980 recently sold for over the asking price in a Dallas suburb.
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