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Title: Wild Cherry – I Love My Music
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Funk / Rock, Funk Rock / Disco Rock, Mingo Junction, OH, 9/28
Condition: ex | Members: Rob Parissi, Bryan Bassett, Allen Wentz, Ronald Beitle

Cultural Facts:

1. Post-“Play That Funky Music” Era: I Love My Music came after Wild Cherry’s huge 1976 breakthrough, as 
   
2. the band tried to build on the funk-rock formula that had made them famous.
3. Ohio Roots: Wild Cherry formed in the Ohio Valley, far from the major coastal music centers, and became one of the era’s most recognizable examples of white rock musicians embracing funk and R&B.
4. Future Hitmaker: Guitarist Bryan Bassett later had a long career beyond Wild Cherry, including work with Foghat and other major rock act

9-28-26 AC