– Vocals, backing vocals 2005 Unity – Sounds of Blackness – Alto Vocals, Primary Artist, Vocals 2005 Unity [2005] – Unity – Alto (Vocals), Primary Artist, Vocals 2006 I'll Play All Night Long – John McAndrew – backing vocals 2006 Overflow – Kevin Davidson – Banjo 2007 Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – Mick Sterling – Main Personnel, Vocals, backing vocals 2007 Kings and Queens: Message from the Movement – Sounds of Blackness – Alto Vocals 2007 The One Who's Leavin' – Doug Spartz – backing vocals 2010 Chinese Whispers – Alison Scott – backing vocals 2010 Life's a Party: the Best of In Between – Primary Artist 2011 Hope One Mile – G.B. Leighton – Vocal Harmony 2011 Sounds of Blackness – Sounds of Blackness – Alto Vocals, Group Member, Vocals 2012 Natchez Trace – Kevin Bowe – Vocal Harmony 2012 Nothing But a Breeze/A Touch on the Rainy Side – Jesse Winchester – Choir/Chorus 2013 He's Faithful – James Pullin & Remnant – Soprano vocals 2013 Purple Snow, Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound – Lead Vocals, Songwriter (1970s recording on compilation) Filmography Live performance "Higher Ground" with ABC Youth Choir, Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2001 Funkytown, TV series, 2013 Les Annees Bonheur, French TV show, 2014 Awards and recognitions Miss Black Minnesota USA, 1976 Induction into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame as a member of Lipps Inc Recipient of Platinum in the US, Double Platinum in Canada, Gold in France and Germany, Silver in the UK, among others, as the lead singer on "Funkytown" Three Billboard Music Awards, 1980 Three time Grammy Award Winner as a member of Sounds of Blackness, 1991, 1993 and 1998 References External links Cynthia Johnson is credited as a saxophonist on this compilation (containing "Funkytown") Lipps Inc., Disco's Littlest, Oddest Conglomerate, Turns Minneapolis into An Unlikely 'Funkytown' (People Magazine – July 28, 1980) TV show Funkytown (Video Production by Megabien Entertainment – Sept. 2012) Washington Post article "Funkytown: Digging on the rise of soul music in 1980s Minneapolis" 1956 births Living people 20th-century African-American women singers Musicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota American dance musicians American television personalities American women television personalities American women singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Minnesota 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers American funk singers American disco singers American women pop singers African-American rock singers University of Minnesota Morris alumni 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers African-American