On this day 50 years ago, one of the biggest one-hit wonders of all time hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

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 ...

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 ...

The hard-rock band had spent years working the club circuit around Ohio and Pennsylvania, playing a mix of rock covers and originals. But musical tastes were changing fast. Disco was exploding, rock ...

BRENTWOOD — An Exeter company and a member of the American funk rock band Wild Cherry have settled a legal dispute over royalties the business collected for songs like “Play That Funky Music.” Records ...