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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.
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]
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 ...
To display this diverse year of music-making, Stacker surveyed Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1975 to highlight the top 50 songs, collected in January 2025. The original Billboard Top 100 of 1975 ...
In 2006, he featured in Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band's album The Phat Pack on the track "Play That Funky Music", a remake of the Wild Cherry hit in a big band style. Sanborn often performed at Japan's Blue Note venues in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo. [13] Sanborn played on the song "Your Party" on Ween's 2007 release La Cucaracha.
"Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry: 1976 "Woman" Wolfmother: 2005 "Closer to the Edge" Thirty Seconds to Mars: 2010: E♭ Standard: Thirty Seconds to Mars 5-Song Pack: January 12, 2016 "From Yesterday" 2006: D Drop C "The Kill" 2006: E Standard "Kings and Queens" 2009: E♭ Standard "This is War" 2010: E♭ Standard – Lead/Rhythm; E♭ Drop ...
Guitar Hero 5 is the fifth main title in the Guitar Hero series of rhythm games, released worldwide in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and 3 and Wii consoles. In the game, players use special instrument controllers to simulate the playing of lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals for rock and other songs.