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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.
c [2] Wild Cherry is the debut studio album by Wild Cherry , released in 1976. The album includes the group's only major single success, " Play That Funky Music ".
The Ohio Players – "Love Rollercoaster" (2:54) Diana Ross – "Upside Down" (4:07) Wild Cherry – "Play That Funky Music" (3:17) Van McCoy – "The Hustle" (3:29) Love Unlimited Orchestra – "Love's Theme" (4:10) ABBA – "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (4:50) Silver Convention – "Fly, Robin, Fly" (5:02)
[1] [2] He also wrote the group's only hit, the 1976 chart-topping "Play That Funky Music". [3] He was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. He graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of Mingo Junction along the Ohio River.
A few days ago, I edited the article for the famous song "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry in regard to its musical genre. The article referred to the song as Funk-rock and R&B. I also included "Disco Music" but made the mistake of not providing a reference. At that time, Doctorhawkes rightly reverted the change.
Electrified Funk is the second studio album by the funk rock band Wild Cherry, released in 1977. [2] It contains the track "Baby Don't You Know", which roughly continues the theme and story of their 1976 hit "Play That Funky Music" by effectively explaining that, contrary to popular belief, all of the band's members were white despite its typically-Black funk/R&B sound.
Bass guitar functionality was added to the North American version of the game via downloadable content on August 14, 2012. [1] All DLC songs are forward-compatible with Rocksmith 2014 , but DLC songs released on or after October 22, 2013, are compatible only with Rocksmith 2014 and will not play on the original version of Rocksmith .