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September 20, 1976 - Advice given to Mingo Junction native Bob Parissi at a disco club in Pittsburgh – “Play that funky music, white boy” – becomes the hook for a song recorded in Cleveland by Parissi’s group, Wild Cherry. The song hits No. 1 on this autumn day. Parissi had written the lyrics on the back of a waitress’s order pad only months before, and now he has a song that will be played forever at suburban parties of Baby Boomers.
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