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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.” …

Montreal-native France Joli began singing in 1974 for advertisements and talent displays. By 1979, she experienced lots 13 national strike, “Come if you ask me.” It had been accompanied by Joli’s self-titled recording the same 12 months. After showing up on displays by Bob Wish, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shoreline, …

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Patrick Hernandez, given birth to to Spanish parents inside a northeast suburb of Paris, was one-third of Paris Palace Resort (aka PPH), a trio who also released a small number of post-glam and pop singles through the mid-’70s. Later on signed like a single designer to …