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Lipps Inc “Funky Town”

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LIPPS INC. was an American Disco & Funk group from Minneapolis, Minnesota.🎹🥁🎷🎺🎸🎻
The name ” LIPPS INC.” is a play on the words “Lip Sync”. Cynthia Johnson was the group´s lead vocalist and saxophonist, who co-wrote also some of the band´s songs.The group originally consisted of Cynthia Johnson and a changing lineup of session musicians, including Steven Greenberg, the creator of the act, who wrote and produced most of the group’s music.🎼💿📀👍👏👌😀😃😄😁

LIPPS INC.‘s first release was the single “Rock It”, followed by the debut album “Mouth to Mouth”, in late 1979. The second single from this album, was the chart-topping hit single “FUNKYTOWN“: It was an instant hit, climbing to No. 1 on May 31, 1980,🥇 and spending 4 weeks there, on both Hot 100 and Hot Dance US charts and then hit Number 1 in 28 different countries,🥇 throughout the world.😅😂🤣😎🤩⭐️🌟✨⚡️🏆🥇🏅🎖🎤🎧🎼🎙

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