“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 ...

Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” has all the essential musical ingredients to get the party started- a killer riff, funky ninth chords, in-the-pocket drums, precise horns, a simple ...

Rob Parissi was 25 and playing guitar with his rock 'n' roll band Wild Cherry when he jotted some lyrics on a server's drink order pad. The words would make him a star. It was 1976 when Play ...

While many bands from the 1970s became iconic, others are less remembered, but they deserve to be based on their ...

Master masher-upper DJ Cummerbund is back! 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 ...

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.” ...

Uché's energy level is never not at a ten. The American Idol contestant recently delivered an electrifying performance of "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry during the singing competition's ...

My trip to Star Wars made me incredibly nostalgic, so I pulled the cobwebs off my old Boba Fett action doll (with the kung-fu grip) and limited-edition Ewok trading cards.

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 ...

Mark Avsec has seen his share of IP cases, when his former band Wild Cherry filed a copyright suit against rapper Vanilla Ice for sampling the chorus of Play That Funky Music and when Avsec was ...