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Rob Parissi (lead vocals and guitar) was raised in the steel-mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. He graduated from Mingo High School in 1968 and formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio. [1] The band's name, 'Wild Cherry', was taken from a box of cough drops. [2] The band played the Ohio Valley region, the Northern West Virginia ...
Play That Funky Music. " Play That Funky Music " is a song written by Rob Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The single was the first released by the Cleveland -based Sweet City record label in April 1976 and distributed by Epic Records. [4] The performers on the recording included lead singer Parissi, electric guitarist Bryan ...
Primary Records (1997–present) Website. www.donnieiris.com. Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace, February 28, 1943) [1][2][3] is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the #2 Billboard hit, "The Rapper ...
"Word Up!" is a funk and R&B song originally recorded by American funk band Cameo in 1986. It was released as the first single from their thirteenth album of the same name. The song was written by band members Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins.
"Funky President (People It's Bad)" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted No. 4 R&B. [1] It also appeared on the album Reality.According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S. President Gerald Ford, who had succeeded Richard Nixon in the White House shortly before it was recorded.
C [2] Wild Cherry is the first studio album by Wild Cherry, released in 1976. The album includes the group's only major single success, "Play That Funky Music".
Whiteboys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to Marc Levin 's 1999 comedy film Whiteboyz. It was released on July 20, 1999 via TVT Soundtrax and consists entirely of hip hop music. Production was handled by several record producers, including Arkatech Beatz, Che Pope, Daz Dillinger, DJ Hurricane, Irv Gotti, Ty Fyffe ...
The Guardian featured the song on their "A History of Modern Music: Dance" in 2011. [27] MTV Dance placed "The Bomb!" at No. 10 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" in November 2011. [28] Idolator ranked the song number 34 in their ranking of "The 50 Best Pop Singles of 1995" in 2015. [29] John Hamilton commented,