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Title: Wild Cherry - Wild Cherry
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Funk, Funk Rock and Disco, Mingo Junction, Ohio 8/26
Matrix #: PE-34195
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Wild Cherry (N/A)
Cultural Facts:
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Notable Track: “Play That Funky Music” became the band’s defining song, combining hard-rock guitar with a dance-floor funk groove and Rob Parissi’s shouted vocal.
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Personal Struggle: Wild Cherry had struggled to attract audiences as a straight rock band, and repeated requests from clubgoers to play funk pushed Parissi to turn the phrase into the song that revived their career.
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Production Style: The album mixes heavy guitar riffs, horns, handclaps, and tightly syncopated rhythms, reflecting the mid-1970s crossover between rock, funk, and disco.
8/1/26 LM
