wild cherry produced the original version of the song "play that funky music".
wild cherry produced the original version of the song "play that funky music".
who produced the original version of the song "play that funky music"?
wild cherry
"play that funky music" is a song written by rob parissi and recorded by the band wild cherry. the single was the first released by the cleveland-based sweet city record label in april 1976 and distributed by epic records. the performers on the recording included lead singer parissi, electric guitarist bryan bassett, bassist allen wentz, and drummer ron beitle, with session players chuck berginc, jack brndiar (trumpets), and joe eckert and rick singer (saxes) on the horn riff that runs throughout the song's verses. the single hit number one on the "billboard" hot 100 on september 18, 1976; it was also number one on the hot soul singles chart. the single was certified platinum by the recording industry association of america for shipments of over 2 million records and eventually sold 2.5 million in the united states alone.
play that funky music
"ice ice baby" was initially released by ichiban records as the b-side to van winkle's cover of "play that funky music". the 12-inch single featured the radio, instrumental and a cappella versions of "play that funky music" and the radio version and "miami drop" remix of "ice ice baby". when a disc jockey named david morales played "ice ice baby" instead of the single's a-side, the song gained more success than "play that funky music". a music video for "ice ice baby" was produced for $8000. the video was financed by van winkle's manager, tommy quon, and shot on the roof of a warehouse in dallas, texas. in the video, van winkle is shown rapping the lyrics while he and others dance to the song. heavy airplay of the video by the box while van winkle was still unknown increased public interest in the song. "ice ice baby" was given its own single, released in 1990 by sbk records in the united states, and emi records in the united kingdom. the sbk single contained the "miami drop", instrumental and radio mixes of "ice ice baby" and the album version of "it's a party". the emi single contained the club and radio mixes of the song, and the shortened radio edit. the single was quickly pulled from the american market soon after the song reached number one, in a successful attempt to drive consumers to buy the album instead.
ice ice baby