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The same goes for Vanilla Ice: his follow up to his # 1 hit was a # 4 hit titled, " Play That Funky Music ".
In mid-1972, Thin Lizzy were asked to record an album of Deep Purple covers, which was released under the title Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple.
*** Wild Cherry for " Play That Funky Music "
* 1970: Everything I Play is Funky
# Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry
He also narrated his own introduction and would enter to the sound of the song " Play That Funky Music " at the beginning of his show.
Kid ' n Play were also notable for their dance known as the Funky Charleston, first seen in their video " Gittin Funky ".
The long version of the 1976 Disco / Funk hit " Play That Funky Music ", by Wild Cherry, mentions " honky " towards the end of the song.
Speculation about bad blood between Wash and the group were laid to rest when Wash and Davis both appeared in the video of 1994's Hot Dance Music / Club Play No. 1 single " Do You Wanna Get Funky ," on which they both shared lead vocals.
Funky Junction recorded a version of " Hush " on their only album Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple in 1973.
" The iconic songs -- Play That Funky Music, and Give Up the Funk -- have become theme songs for the fan favorite.
He wrote the # 2 Billboard hit, " The Rapper ", with the Jaggerz and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a # 1 hit with " Play That Funky Music.
Caught in the Act included the hit " Slippery When Wet ", which has been called a " prototype " of Wild Cherry's hit " Play That Funky Music " ( 1976 ).
Wild Cherry was an American funk rock band best known for their song " Play That Funky Music ".
Several records before " Play That Funky Music " were released under their own label during the early 1970s, including " You Can Be High ( But Lay Low )," date unknown, and " Something Special On Your Mind ," in 1971.
" One night during a break between sets, drummer Ron Beitle, in a group meeting in the dressing room, uttered phrase: " Play That Funky Music, White Boy.
" Play That Funky Music " was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for 3 weeks.
There is an edited version of " Play That Funky Music " without " white boy " that was released for radio airplay around the Boston area, as the original version was briefly banned in that area upon its original release.
" Play That Funky Music " was covered by the rock group ROXANNE in 1988 and was sampled by Vanilla Ice in 1990 ( for which Parissi was not credited ; he later won $ 500, 000 in a copyright infringement lawsuit ), and it continues to be a hit in dance clubs to this day.
" Play that Funky Music " is regularly included on funk and disco compilations, and has been included in numerous movies, television shows and was the theme song for Craig Kilborn's late-night TV show.
Taylor Hicks sang " Play That Funky Music " on American Idol a week before he won.
" Ice Ice Baby " was initially released as the B-side to Vanilla Ice's cover of " Play That Funky Music ", but the single was not initially successful.

Play and Music
Key influences include Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force's " Planet Rock " ( 1982 ) and Shannon's " Let the Music Play ," the latter of which was a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit as early as 1984.
( Let The Music Play )" can be considered part of the freestyle genre due to its use of a sample from the song, " Let The Music Play ", by Shannon.
“ Let the Music Play ”, by Shannon, is often named as the genre's first hit, and its sound, called " The Shannon Sound ," as the foundation of the genre.
“ Let the Music Play ” eventually became freestyle's biggest hit, and still receives frequent airplay.
The two singles released from the album, " Just Keep Thinking About You " and " I Never Knew ", both topped Billboard < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Hot Dance Music / Club Play.
* The Apocalypse Now Sessions: The Rhythm Devils Play River Music ( 1980 ) – The Rhythm Devils
The single was a hit in the clubs ( peaking at # 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart ), and made it to # 28 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
* Silver ' n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres ( Blue Note, 1978 )
In 1997, his collaboration with Toshio Iwai, Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, was awarded the Golden Nica, the grand prize of the Prix Ars Electronica competition.
# " Let the Music Play " – Carroll Thompson
With version 11 of Windows Media Player, Media Sharing was integrated and allows content ( Music, Pictures, Video ) to be streamed to and from Universal Plug and Play ( UPnP ) AV enabled devices such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Roku SoundBridge.
They plan to release 10 titles a year starting in 2010 with Elmo's World: Let's Play Music on February 2, 2010, Elmo's Rainbow and Other Springtime Stories on March 9, 2010, Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures on April 6, 2010, The Best of Elmo 2 on May 4, 2010, Firefly Fun and Buggy Buddies on June 1, 2010, Preschool is Cool!
( Hot 100 # 7 and Hot Dance Music / Club Play # 1 in 1980 ).
Other chart hits by White included " Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up " (# 2 R & B, # 7 Pop in 1973 ), " Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe " (# 1 Pop and R & B in 1974 ), " You're the First, the Last, My Everything " (# 1 R & B, # 2 Pop in 1974 ), " What Am I Gonna Do with You " (# 1 R & B, # 8 Pop in 1975 ), " Let the Music Play " (# 4 R & B in 1976 ), " It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me " (# 1 R & B, # 4 Pop in 1977 ) and " Your Sweetness is My Weakness " (# 2 R & B in 1978 ).
In 2007, Abbott began learning the piano under the tutelage of Paul Roberts, Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, for the TV programme ' Play It Again '.
The Music and Theatre Play competition were carried out in the Theatre, the athletic contests in the Stadium of Delphi.
The remixed single ( marketed as " Armand's Star Trunk Funkin ' Mix ") hit number one on the UK single chart and the Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart in the U. S. The song was then further remixed by artist Mr. Roy, spawning an entirely new CD-single of remixes that again took to the charts.
The song found the most success peaking at number 2 on the US dance music charts ( known as the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart ).
His next two songs / videos, " Back to My Roots " and " A Shade Shady ( Now Prance )" both went # 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart and furthered his campy persona.
However, the first single " Snapshot " found success in the dance market and went to number four on the Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart.
The second single " Little Bit of Love " only charted at number 28 on the Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart.

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