Wild Cherry's 'Play That Funky Music' Named One of the Top 4 '70s One-Hit Wonders

It's been 50 years since Wild Cherry released their only No. 1 hit, "Play That Funky Music," but the song is still making ...
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50 years ago: Wild Cherry's 'Play That Funky Music' hits No. 1 on Billboard

One of the greatest funk songs of all time came from a hard rock cover band just looking to fit into the times. Wild Cherry, a band from a steel town in Ohio, got its start in the early 1970s as a ...
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Wild Cherry's 1976 No. 1 One-Hit Wonder Was Written in Five Minutes

In 1976, the band Wild Cherry scored their first and only No. 1 hit with the song "Play That Funky Music." The song, which appeared on the Ohio-based funk rock band's self-titled 1976 debut album, hit ...

50 years ago, an audience heckle inspired a rock band's No. 1 hit

Written in just five minutes, a command from a concertgoer gave the rock band their breakthrough that was later named one of ...