One Hit Wonders - "Play That Funky Music" Traditional Cache

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Sticks & SkaryShari: Had to pull all the, "One Hit Wonders" due to a prescribed burn in this section. Cacheapalooza 6 for Sticks & SkaryShari is now officially over... Bummer. See ya all in January.

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Hidden : 1/17/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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"Wild Cherry"

"Play That Funky Music" is a funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The performers on the classic recording included the members of the band at the time: lead singer Parissi, guitarist Bryan Bassett, bassist Allen Wentz, and drummer Ron Beitle, with session horn players Chuck Berginc, Jack Brndiar, Joe Eckert, and Rick Singer hired to play the horn riff that runs throughout the track's verses. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 1976 and was also number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over two million records.

The autobiographical song was inspired by the times. The song's title (and chorus) came from drummer Ron Beitle's observation during a break between sets at the 2001 Club in Pittsburgh. The group performed mostly hard rock, but disco was popular, and some of the group's loyal followers were asking for more dance songs. While taking a break between sets, Beitle uttered, "play some funky music, white boy". Parissi decided they should, and he wrote down the phrase on a bar order pad. They later recorded it in Cleveland with a funk sound.

Originally, it was planned that the song should be released on the B-side of Wild Cherry's cover of the Commodores' "I Feel Sanctified"; however, when the owners of Sweet City Records heard the song, they suggested that the B-side become the A-side. (Epic Records picked up the record for worldwide distribution.) The song sold over two million copies; it was Wild Cherry's only hit.

The song listed at #73 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.





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