Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (album)

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Studio album by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Released	1976 (1976)
Recorded	February 2, 1976 – March 4, 1976
Genre	Disco, big band, soul
Length	34:08
Label	RCA
Producer	Sandy Linzer
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band chronology
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976) Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett (1978)
Singles from Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
"Cherchez La Femme" Released: October 23, 1976

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10 [4]

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band is the debut studio album by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. It was released in 1976 by RCA. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 31 on the Top R&B Albums chart. ^[5]

In his book Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco, music writer Peter Shapiro described the album as "one of the most fully realized, dazzling artifacts from the black bohemian intelligentsia". ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr., except "Night and Day" written by Cole Porter.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'll Play the Fool"	4:47
2.	"Hard Times"	4:09
3.	"Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon"	5:46
4.	"Sunshower"	4:02

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"We Got It Made/Night and Day"	3:45
2.	"You've Got Something/Betcha' the Love Bug Bitcha'"	5:38
3.	"Sour and Sweet/Lemon in the Honey"	6:01

Personnel

• Cory Daye – vocals
• Don Armando Bonilla – percussion
• Stony Browder – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• August Darnell – bass, vocals
• Andy "Coati Mundi" Hernandez – percussion
• Mickey Sevilla – drums

Charts

Chart performance for Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [7]	39
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8]	87
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9]	13
US Billboard 200 [5]	22
US Top R&B Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	31

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band – Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band". AllMusic . Retrieved February 9, 2017.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN   0-89919-026-X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Coleman, Mark (1992). "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp. 203–04. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
4. Cooper, Carol (1995). "Kid Creole and the Coconuts". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 207–09. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
5. "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band | Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
6. Henderson, Eric (April 15, 2008). "Kid Creole: Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974 – 1983". Slant Magazine . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
8. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5104B". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band – Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

External links

• Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band at Discogs (list of releases)