| City Life | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | the Blackbyrds |
| Cover: | City Life cover.jpg |
| Released: | November 1975 |
| Recorded: | 1975 |
| Studio: | Sound Factory (Hollywood) |
| Genre: | Jazz-funk[1] |
| Label: | Fantasy |
| Producer: | Donald Byrd |
| Prev Title: | Flying Start |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Unfinished Business |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
City Life is the third studio album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds. It was produced by Donald Byrd and includes the popular singles "Happy Music" and "Rock Creek Park." "Happy Music" was first given a limited released as a six-minute remix on 12-inch vinyl for club deejays,[2] then in early 1976 was released on standard 7-inch vinyl. "Rock Creek Park" has been sampled repeatedly by hip hop musicians.[3]
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top LPs | 16 |
| Top Soul LPs | 3 |
| Jazz LPs | 1 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "City Life" | Disco Singles | 4 |
| "Flying High" | Billboard Hot 100 | 70 | |
| Hot Soul Singles | 22 | ||
| 1976 | "Happy Music" | Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| Hot Soul Singles | 3 | ||
| Disco Singles | 6 | ||
| "Rock Creek Park" | Billboard Hot 100 | 93 | |
| Hot Soul Singles | 37 | ||