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

Before 1976, Wild Cherry was trying to make a career out of hard rock music at a time when disco was about the only thing happening. The Ohio-formed band got their start performing rock covers. Their ...

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 ...

When the Ohio-based rock band Wild Cherry released their very first song, they had no idea it would still have a huge cultural impact 50 years later. "Play That Funky Music" was released in April 1976 ...

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 ...