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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music.
Feb 27, 2023 · The tragic 1999 killing of funk legend Roger Troutman shocked his family and fans. Here is the murder-suicide, explained.
Apr 24, 2020 · One of Dayton's most notorious and gut-wrenching crimes happened on April 25, 1999 when Larry Troutman shot his brother and Zapp bandmate, funk and talkbox pioneer Roger Troutman, outside his Dayton music studio in a case that shocked the music world.
Apr 25, 2020 · Twenty years ago, on April 25, 1999, funk pioneer, Zapp band member and solo artist Roger Troutman was killed by his brother Larry Troutman in one of Dayton, Ohio's, most shocking murders-suicides.
Mar 11, 2011 · Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 -- 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...
Apr 28, 1999 · Roger Troutman, a renowned funk-music innovator who recorded with his brothers in the band Zapp in the early 80's, died on Sunday at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center in...
Roger Troutman was an American singer, musician and record producer who was famously known for founding the funk band ‘Zapp’. He also composed songs apart from singing and playing multiple musical instruments, including the bass guitar, harmonica, vibraphone, and flute.
Apr 26, 1999 · Brothers Roger and Larry Troutman, two of the founding members of the early-'80s funk outfit Zapp, were shot dead Sunday morning outside a studio in Dayton, Ohio, in what local authorities are...
Roger Troutman, also known simply as Roger, was a legendary electro-funk artist from Dayton, Ohio. He was a singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist known for using the talkbox and...
Apr 30, 1999 · Roger Troutman, a singer, musician, bandleader and producer who was an influential presence in the world of funk music, has died. The 47-year-old Troutman died Sunday at a hospital in...
