''Electrified Funk'' is the second studio album by the

funk rock Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, The Upsetters, were the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat, with a biographer sta ...

band Wild Cherry, released in 1977.The Unofficial Donnie Iris Site – Electrified Funk
/ref> It contains "Baby Don't You Know", the soundalike follow-up to their 1976 hit "Play That Funky Music". It also contains a repeat of a song from the first album, "Hold On (With Strings)", this time with added violins.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rob Parissi; except where indicated #"Baby Don't You Know" #"Are You Boogieing Around on Your Daddy" #"Dancin' Music Band" #"Put Yourself in My Shoes" #"Closest Thing to My Mind" #"Electrified Funk" #"Hole in the Wall" #"Hot to Trot" #"Hold On (With Strings)" #"It's All Up to You" (Alvin Fields,

Michael Zager Michael Zager (born January 3, 1943) is an American record producer, composer, and arranger of original music for commercials, albums, network television, and theme music for films. He teaches music at Florida Atlantic University. Zager was a m ...

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Personnel

Robert Parissi Robert Parissi (born 29 December 1950 in Mingo Junction, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as frontman for the American funk group Wild Cherry. He also wrote the group's only hit, the 1976 chart-topping "Play Tha ...

– lead guitar, lead vocals *Allen Wentz – bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals *Ronald Beitle – drums, vocals * Mark Avsec – keyboards *

Bryan Bassett Bryan Bassett (born August 11, 1954) is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands but is best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a hit with "Play That Funky Music". Early career Bryan was born on August ...

– lead guitar, vocals

References

{{Authority control 1977 albums Wild Cherry (band) albums Epic Records albums