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 ...

When the Ohio-based rock band Wild Cherry released their very first song, they had no idea it would still have a huge ...

Mark Avsec has seen his share of IP cases, when his former band Wild Cherry filed a copyright suit against rapper Vanilla Ice for sampling the chorus of "Play That Funky Music" and when Avsec was sued ...

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 ...