| Saturday Night Special | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | May 1975 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Soul, jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Label | Buddah Records | |||
| Producer | Skip Drinkwater | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Saturday Night Special is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.
| Year | Album | Chart positions [2] | ||
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| US | US R&B | Jazz Albums | ||
| 1975 | Saturday Night Special | 150 | 35 | 18 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions [3] | ||
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| US | US R&B | |||
| 1976 | "Valentine Love" | 97 | 10 | |
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