ALBUMS: ‘Back on the Street”
MVC Rating: 3.5/$$
Donnie Iris was a serial one-hit wonder.
He was involved in several high profile songs but with different groups.
He started playing in a local band in his hometown of New Castle, Pennsylvania.
He joined the Jaggerz in 1970 and wrote their huge hit, ‘The Rapper.’
He then became a member of Wild Cherry just after they had a huge hit with the song “Play that Funky Music White Boy.’
After that stint ended, he went solo and scored with song that seems to just come out of nowhere in 1980: the anthemic ‘Ah Leah.’Great song with the volume cranked.