Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

Release date: 1976

The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 1976, and was also number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Was also certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 2 million records.

Wild Cherry was a hard rock band. They had a regular gig at the 2001 Club, and with disco big at the time, their sound didn't go over well. After one show, a black audience member shouted, "Play some funky music, white boy." Parissi decided they should, and wrote down the phrase on a bar order pad.

Album: Wild Cherry