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Cynthia Johnson Biography

Cynthia Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and saxophone player who is best known as the lead singer and saxophonist of the band Lipps Inc. which is popularly for their hit single ‘Funkytown’. In 1976 she won the Miss Black Minnesota, USA pageant.

Cynthia Johnson Age

Johnson is 68 years old as of 2024. She was born on April 22, 1956, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

Cynthia Johnson Height

Cynthia stands at an approximate height of 6 feet 1 inch (166 cm) tall.

Cynthia Johnson Family

Johnson was born in a musical family as her father was a saxophone player and her mother a choir director. She has sisters whom she sang with at a variety of clubs and events while attending junior high school.

Cynthia Johnson Husband

Cynthia is married to Ted Morgan and the couple has been together for a long time. She has however not disclosed much information about her husband.

Cynthia Johnson’s Net Worth

Johnson has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million to $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and saxophone player.

Cynthia Johnson

Cynthia Johnson Flyte Tyme

Cynthia began her career in music as the lead vocalist of the Minneapolis band Flyte Tyme for seven years. She is also an accomplished saxophone player and utilized her saxophone talents in Flyte Tyme. She also acted as the songwriter for many songs. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 1978 she played with the band for a brief time before it evolved into ‘The Time’.

Cynthia Johnson Lipps Inc.

In 1979 Cynthia Johnson became the lead vocalist of the American disco and funk group, Lipps Inc. The band released their first single ‘Rock It’ in 1979 and in late 1979 they released their debut album ‘Mouth to Mouth’.

Cynthia Johnson Funkytown

Their second single from the album ‘Funkytown’ was a massive hit, hitting #1 in 28 countries. It spent four weeks at #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in the United States. The song was used as the soundtrack of Shrek 2 and was also used during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. The band received several awards among them three Billboard Music Awards and “Soul Record of the Year” by the AMOA association. After the third album ‘Designer Music’ Johnson left the band.

In January 2018 during the Super Bowl Live Cynthia was joined by her bandmates from ‘ Flyte Tyme’, Terry Lewis, and Jimmy Jam, and they sang “Funkytown” with an added twist.

Cynthia Johnson Sounds of Blackness

Cynthia joined Sounds of Blackness which is a three-time Grammy award-winning gospel group. She was the vocalist on albums by Maceo Parker and Prince, on labels such as Motown, and on projects of Grammy-winning producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Cynthia is also a solo musician, in 2013 she released her debut album, ‘All That I Am on the Megabien Music label.

Cynthia Johnson Television Shows

In 2012 Cynthia began hosting the TV program “Funkytown”, a co-production of Megabien Entertainment and Radio Bremen that is part of the German Public TV network. The series featured fellow artists such as Prince, Joanne Shenandoah, Mint Condition, Ben Sidran, Desdemona, and Irv Williams amongst many others. It aired in 2013 all over Europe.

In 2013 she participated in the French TV show “Les Années Bonheur” which was shot in Paris and was broadcasted in 2014.

Cynthia Johnson Lead Vocalist

Cynthia Johnson Songs

 

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