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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]
He wrote the #2 Billboard hit, "The Rapper", with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a #1 hit with "Play That Funky Music." He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the #29 hit "Ah! Leah!" and the #37 hit "Love Is Like a Rock."
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]
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. [18] He played on the song "Your Party" on Ween's 2007 release La Cucaracha.
"Don't Take Away the Music" Tavares: 4 13 November 1976: 1 30 October 1976: 2 "Dancing With the Captain" Paul Nicholas: 8 6 November 1976: 1 6 November 1976: 4 "Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry: 7 13 November 1976: 2 13 November 1976: 6 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer: 2 20 November 1976: 1 1 "Love and Affection" Joan Armatrading ...