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"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]
None of Wild Cherry's three subsequent albums were very popular. Neither Electrified Funk (1977) (which contained the "Play That Funky Music" soundalike single "Baby Don't You Know") nor I Love My Music (1978) produced any top 40 hits, and Only the Wild Survive (1979) did not even produce a top 100 single. The band broke up in late 1979.
The album includes the group's only major single success, "Play That Funky Music". Track listing. Song credits and lengths taken from original LP sticker. All songs ...
Robert Parissi (born 29 December 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as frontman for the American funk group Wild Cherry. [1] [2] He also wrote the group's only hit, the 1976 chart-topping "Play That Funky Music". [3]
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By the end of the decade, as least in his music/public life he went by the name of Donnie Iris. During that period he became acquainted with Mark Avsec, then playing keyboards for Wild Cherry. Wild Cherry was unable to duplicate the success of "Play That Funky Music" and broke up by the end of the decade.
Music from the Motion Picture Malibu's Most Wanted is the official soundtrack to John Whitesell's 2003 comedy film ... "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)"- 4:23 (Hi ...
They recorded the hit "Play That Funky Music" that same year. Bassett plays the recognizable guitar figure that introduces the song. [1] Bassett continued on with Wild Cherry until their breakup in 1979, and they charted a few more hits. He went on to a successful career as a music producer in the 1980s. [2]