Records and released their self-titled debut, which yielded the Bootsy Collins produced & Troutman-composed hit, "More Bounce to the Ounce." The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Soul Singles chart in the fall of 1980. A year later, as Uncle Jam Records was forced to close, Zapp signed to Warner Bros.
ROGER TROUTMAN FUNERAL PROFESSIONAL
Zapp made their professional television debut on the first and only Funk Music Awards show. Within two years, Roger and his brothers were discovered by George Clinton, who signed the newly-christened Zapp to his Uncle Jam Records label in 1979. In 1977, he and the Human Body issued their first single "Freedom". Beforehand, Troutman had formed various different bands with his four brothers, including Little Roger and the Vels and Roger and the Human Body. He was a late-arriving member of Parliament-Funkadelic and played on the band's final Warner Brothers' album The Electric Spanking of War Babies.
Biography Early life and careerBorn in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger was the fourth of ten children. In his later years, he was mostly known for singing the chorus to the hip-hop classic, "California Love". As both lead singer of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s. Roger used a custom-made talkboxthe Electro Harmonix "Golden Throat," as well as a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer. Troutman was well known for his use of the talkbox, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard) to create different vocal effects. Roger Troutman (Novem– April 25, 1999) was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music over the years.
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