“Play That Funky Music” was a huge hit when it was released on Wild Cherry’s self-titled album in 1976. The song peaked at No.1 on Billboard‘s pop and R&B charts with the band being named ...

“Play That Funky Music” was essentially written out of sheer desperation. Wild Cherry was a top-level rock cover band on their second incarnation in 1975, playing the circuit in the Ohio and ...

Rob Parissi was 25 and playing guitar with his rock 'n' roll band Wild Cherry when he jotted ... It was 1976 when Play That Funky Music topped the charts and later stuck at number 73 on ...

and then there are these people who like our music for ... The band members also have an onstage camaraderie that helps engage the audience. "When Ben plays a solo we try to compliment it, not just ...

For his latest creation that absolutely should not work but totally does, the viral videologist blended Rammstein’s “Du Hast” and Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” into a new song, “Play That ...

The Pittsburgh native is, arguably, best known as a member of the funk band Wild Cherry, providing the distinctive opening riff to their 1976 hit “Play That Funky Music.” For nearly seven ...

The American Idol contestant recently delivered an electrifying performance of "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry during the singing competition's showcase round for its top 40 contestants.

BRENTWOOD — An offbeat court battle is brewing after an Exeter company that hunts down uncollected royalties for musicians filed suit against a member of the American funk rock band Wild Cherry ...

we have more official details on what those packages include apart from sharing a name with the 1970s band behind the song "Play That Funky Music" and the only good flavor of Pepsi. Wild Cherry ...

TV watchers who've seen the company's MMX commercials may have noticed something slightly wrong with the theme song, a version of Wild Cherry's bicentennial hit "Play That Funky Music." ...