Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett

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Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett
Dr. Buzzard King Penett 1977.jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedApril 1977
Genre Disco, big band
Length32:53
Label RCA
Producer Stony Browder Jr.
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band chronology
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
(1976)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett
(1978)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes to Washington
(1979)

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett is the second studio album by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. [1] [2] It was released in 1978 by RCA Records. It peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 23 on the Top R&B Albums chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Christgau's Record Guide B [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The New York Times called the album "a sometimes obscure but still evocative historical collage, full of verbal and musical references to America, France and Germany in the 1940's." [7] The Boston Globe noted the "Latin rhythms and black boogie woogie do wah's." [8] Newsday determined that "their musical combination has parts of Duke Ellington, the Pointer Sisters and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross updated for today's well-dressed disco-goer." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Mister Love"4:28
2."Nocturnal Interludes"3:26
3."The Gigolo and I"4:31
4."I'll Always Have a Smile for You"2:47
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Transistor Madness/Future D.J."4:27
6."An Organ Grinder's Tale"4:28
7."Soraya/March of the Nignies"4:40
8."Auf Wiedersehen, Darrio"4:06

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett
ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 36
US Top R&B Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 23

References

  1. Gold, Aaron (January 26, 1978). "Tower Ticker". Chicago Tribune. p. 2.2.
  2. "Key Releases". Music Week. February 20, 2010. p. 22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. "Meets King Penett - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band". AllMusic . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  5. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 203, 204.
  7. Rockwell, John (February 26, 1978). "Records: The Disco Fever Is Spreading". The New York Times. p. D14.
  8. Haynes, Walter (February 2, 1978). "Record Reviews". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  9. Robins, Wayne (February 5, 1978). "'Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett'". Part II. Newsday. p. 18.