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Before really difficult funksters like Prince and enough time hit the national stage, before groundbreaking alternative rockers Hüsker Dü as well as the Replacements, Minneapolis was hardly a blip in America’s musical radar — that’s, until Lipps, Inc. broke away with among disco’s most monumental singles, the main smash “Funkytown.” …

Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/maker Steven Greenberg created Lipps, Inc., who experienced a two million-selling number 1 pop/quantity two R&B strike with “Funkytown.” The Minneapolis indigenous started playing drums at 15; by 20 he previously written and created his 1st record. Once the record stiffed, Greenberg started obtaining pressure to go in to the …