Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 25—It's been 22 years since Roger Troutman, one of Dayton's most gifted and well-known musicians, tragically died. Troutman, ...

The city of Hamilton hosted an honorary street naming Tuesday for a local music legend.Washington Street, at the corner of South Front Street in Hamilton, has been renamed after Roger Troutman, best ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 25—Because of Roger Troutman's influence in American music, Hamilton renamed his boyhood street in his honor. "In the book of ...

An episode of a new Netflix series about pop music, “This is Pop,” includes a segment about one of southwest Ohio’s most beloved funk music icons. Premiering in May, the series episode called ...

There’s a new Ohio Historic marker on Salem Avenue in Dayton—at the spot where a lot of funk music came to life inside Troutman Sound Labs. Troutman Sound Labs was built in the early 80s, when a ...

Roger Troutman slain; had three No. 1 R&B hits MUSIC Roger Troutman, who had No. 1 rhythm and blues hits both as the frontman for Zapp and on his own as Roger, was shot dead Sunday apparently by his ...

Uncle Charlie speaks on his misunderstood relationship with Roger Troutman, breaking bad habits and losing a job to Rihanna. Whether you remember him as one-third of The Gap Band or the vocal muscle ...

Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known simply as Roger, was an American singer, composer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who ...

Roger Troutman photographed iin his recording studio in 1988. Troutman, who died 20-years ago, pioneered the funky "Dayton sound," and founded the Zapp band with his family. DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE ...

It’s been two decades since Roger Troutman, one of Dayton’s most gifted and well-known musicians, tragically died. Troutman, an R&B recording artist who pioneered the famed funky “Dayton sound,” was ...