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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]
The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett.
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 ...
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]
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AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974. AWB topped Billboard 's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single " Pick Up the Pieces " knocked Linda Ronstadt's " You're No Good " out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 .