"Play That Funky Music" is a song written by Rob Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The performers on the classic recording included the members of the band at the time: lead singer Parissi, guitarist Bryan Bassett, bassist Allen Wentz and drummer Ron Beitle, with session players Chuck Berginc, Ian Bridle (keyboard and backing vocals) Jack Brndiar (trumpets) and Joe Eckert and Rick Singer (saxes) on the horn riff that runs throughout the track's verses. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 1976, and 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, eventually selling 2.5 million in the United States alone.
The song listed at no. 73 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.
And when I was reading this on wikipedia about the song I just found out that the 90's singer Vanilla Ice later released a song featuring an interpretation of "Play That Funky Music". Songwriter Robert Parissi was not credited. Parissi was later awarded $500,000 in a copyright infringement lawsuit.
Man Vanilla Ice got a lot of lawsuit for not asking permission to use song it don't hurt to ask for permission from the songwriter.
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Song Of The Day!!!!
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