Artist
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry is a musical artist from Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA formed in 1970. 12 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA
- 12
- Releases
- 1976–2023
- Active years
- 1970
- Formed
Artist
Wild Cherry is a musical artist from Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA formed in 1970. 12 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA
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Wild Cherry
1976
Wild Cherry was an American funk rock band best known for their song "Play That Funky Music". Rob Parissi (lead vocals & guitar) was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of Mingo Junction along the Ohio River. The band's name "Wild Cherry" was taken from a box of cough drops while Rob was recuperating from a brief hospital stay. The band played the Ohio Valley region, Wheeling, West Virginia and the rest of the Northern West Virginia panhandle, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original lineup included: Ben Difabbio (drums and vocals), Louie Osso (guitar, lead and background vocals) from Steubenville, Ohio, Larry Brown (bass, lead and background vocals) from Weirton, West Virginia, Larry Mader (keyboards, lead and background vocals) from East Springfield, Ohio, and Rob Parissi (lead vocals and guitar). Over time, the band members changed, with Osso, Brown, and Mader leaving the band, and Rob's cousin, Coogie Stoddart (guitar, lead and background vocals), Joe Buchmelter (bass), the later shortly replaced by Buckie Lusk. Several records …
