(CBS 11) - Lipps, Inc. was a funk-dance "project" from Minneapolis, Minnesota formed by producer/songwriter Steven Greenberg with vocals by Cynthia Johnson. Other members included Margie Cox, Melanie ...

From 1960 to the late 1980s, there was one man documenting the experience of black life in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Charles Chamblis was to the Twin Cities — in particular North Minneapolis — ...

Even streamers want to go to Funkytown. “Funkytown,” the 1980 international smash by the Twin Cities’ own Lipps, Inc., is the fourth biggest one-hit wonder since 1970. That’s according to online ...

Now on a line of TCU Horned Frogs T-shirts, the nickname started with a song nearly 40 years ago. And credit goes to a top-ranked local soul radio station — “K-104.” When the 1980 disco-funk song ...