For years, I heard "Play That Funky Music" as some kind of statement of racial solidarity. The white boy singing the song, Wild Cherry frontman Rob Parissi, knew that nobody would expect a white boy ...

It’s one of a handful of intro guitar riffs that makes people hoot and holler and shake it on down to the dance floor. Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” has all the essential musical ingredients ...

Before 1976, Wild Cherry was trying to make a career out of hard rock music at a time when disco was about the only thing happening. The Ohio-formed band got their start performing rock covers. Their ...

In 1976, Wild Cherry stood up for the funkiness of white boys everywhere, but what ever happened to them? SportsYahoo Sports ...

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This could be the first time that the oh-so-funky one-hit wonder from the Seventies, Wild Cherry, was invoked from the podium of the White House press briefing room, with press secretary Tony Snow’s ...