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When Epic Records released the single “Play That Funky Music,” from funk-rock band Wild Cherry, in April 1976, its grooves and recurring horn riff were a welcome combination on Top 40 as the disco era was beginning to dominate the radio. But this fresh sound, with its outrageous lyrics, was coming from a Midwestern rock band!
- Breakups and Reformations
- Wild Cherry Legacy
- Hold Your Hiney
- 1-2-3 Kind of Love
- I Feel Sanctified
- Get Down
- Nowhere to Run
- I Love My Music
- Hot to Trot
- What in The Funk Do You See
In 1975, the original lineup of Wild Cherry broke up as a band and Rob Parissi briefly took a break before reforming the band with a brand new lineup. Now with Mark Avsec, Bryan Bassett, Ronald Beitle, and Allen Wentz, this new talent roster ventured into the dance and disco scene in response to popular demand by the listening audience. Also demand...
Aside from four studio albums, Wild Cherry also has two compilation albums to its credit. In 1979, Rod Parissi moved to Miami, Florida, before relocating to New York City in 1980. He continued as a recording artist, working with artists such as Bobby Caldwell and Billy Squier. Rod Parissi was born and raised in Mingo Junction, Ohio, a community tha...
From the album, Only the Wild Survive, “Hold Your Hiney” was a great dance number that clearly featured the signature vocals of Wild Cherry. Traces of “Play That Funky Music” can be found here but in a manner that makes it work for this playful love song. If you want a song that gives you good reason to get off your hiney and jazz it out on the dan...
Starting off with a soft piano solo, “1-2-3 Kind of Love” grooved into a great love song performed by Wild Cherry as a single in 1978. From the album, I Love My Music, “1-2-3 Kind of Love” came across as a great contrast from the heavy-hitting dance floor numbers that made this group so popular when the disco music scene was at its peak. This song ...
“I Feel Sanctified” was originally intended to be released as a single on the A-side of the same record that featured “Play That Funky Music” but it was suggested by the record label to make the switch. From Wild Cherry’s perspective, it is understandable why they felt this single was worth something. Granted, it did not become a hit on any officia...
1973’s “Get Down” was a single Wild Cherry released via United Artists as this band stayed on track as a rock group before venturing into the grand world of funk. This hard and edgy number featured heavy guitar riffs and a vocal team that definitely had the right stuff to produce rock classics but simply didn’t have a major record label at the time...
Originally recorded byMartha and The Vandellasin 1965 as a pop single, “Nowhere to Run” was a funky number featuring the instrumental performance of the infamous Funk Brothers. In 1976, Wild Cherry covered this song of relationship entrapment from a man’s point of view but in a manner that made it a dance floor favorite.
In 1979, “I Love My Music” was a modest hit for Wild Cherry as it peaked at number forty-nine on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at number sixty-nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. It served as the title track from the group’s third studio album. Full of funk, as intended, “I Love My Music” was a dance club favorite when it was first...
“Hot to Trot” was a number ninety-five hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, released as a single from Wild Cherry’s second studio album, Electrified Funk. On the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it became a number sixty-two hit. In New Zealand, “Hot to Trot” faired much better at number seventeen as its audience found this funky song s...
“What in the Funk Do You See” was the final track featured on Wild Cherry’s self-titled debut album. As a great song to jump out on the dance floor and get funky, there is no denying this is an easily identifiable tune belonging to a band that made the most out of reinventing themselves as a means to give the fans what they want.
Oct 13, 2012 · Parissi reformed Wild Cherry with a new lineup: Bryan Bassett (guitar and vocals), Ron Beitle (drums) and Allen Wentz (bass, synthesizer and vocals). As the new and improved Wild Cherry...
Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace, February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers.
Mar 30, 2017 · Wild Cherry is the first studio album by American funk rock band Wild Cherry. The album yielded the band's only major chart success, "Play That Funky Music."...
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Wild Cherry was an American funk rock band formed in Mingo Junction, Ohio, in 1970 that was best known for its song "Play That Funky Music".
