Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, the band Wild Cherry scored their first and only No. 1 hit with the song “Play That Funky Music.” The song, which ...
GRAND RAPIDS — The copyright owners of numerous popular songs say an East Lansing bar played too much funky music and are demanding more than $30,000 in damages. W. Chapell Music Corp., BMG Rights ...
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" also led the band to win ...
American Songwriter: Behind the Surprisingly Autobiographical Meaning of Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music”
For years, I heard "Play That Funky Music" as some kind of statement of racial solidarity. The white boy singing the song, Wild Cherry frontman Rob Parissi, knew that nobody would expect a white boy ...
A music therapy session can be broadly divided into active and receptive techniques. Active techniques generally involve making music by chanting, singing, playing musical instruments or even composing or improvising music. The techniques used in receptive treatment include listening to and responding to music – through dance or by analyzing the lyrics of a song. Both active and passive ...
Lansing State Journal: Too much funky music? Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Too much funky music? Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
EURweb: Tyler Perry on Singing ‘Play That Funky Music’ With Prince (Watch)
It’s one of a handful of intro guitar riffs that makes people hoot and holler and shake it on down to the dance floor. Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” has all the essential musical ingredients ...