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, ...

“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 ...

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 <i>Play ...

Van Halen meets Wild Cherry: ... Growing up, 67-year-old Shuri Pass sang into her hairbrush to Alice Cooper songs and participated in her church’s youth choir.