Prince was not yet a star in 1980 when Minneapolitan Steven Greenberg wrote and produced the dance-floor anthem “Funkytown” for the Minneapolis-based studio group Lipps Inc. They had a radio hit with ...

Left photo: Steven Greenberg (with guitar) and producer David Z at Sound 80 studios in Minneapolis during the heyday of “Funkytown,” written by Greenberg. Right: Greenberg today. MinnPost’s reporters ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The Twin Cities composer of a highly popular song is in a legal battle that is being watched by top recording artists nationwide. Steve Greenberg is the composer of Funkytown, ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In 1980, as disco was dying, Minneapolis was giving birth to one of the era’s most iconic songs. Funkytown was released 40 years ago this week. The song rocketed up the disco, rhythm & ...

Just as disco music took its last gasps, the Twin Cities group Lipps Inc. released “Funkytown” on this day in 1980. In just a few months, the electronic lamentation about ditching Minneapolis — “Gotta ...

Brigid Murphy, who refers to herself at the city manager of Funkytown, is shown at the toy trading post for neighborhood children outside her residence at 746 Ind. She and her daughter Aubin, now 12, ...

You might say Steven Greenberg is the mayor of Funkytown. Back in 1979, Greenberg was just another young musician and producer in Minneapolis. Then his group Lipps, Inc. recorded a song that would ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Officials with Visit Hot Springs announced that the popular Funkytown band will headline the Oct. 9 Bridge Street LIVE free public concert in the Bridge Street Entertainment ...