Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (album) explained

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Cover:	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band.jpg
Recorded:	February 2, 1976  - March 4, 1976
Genre:	Disco, big band, soul
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Sandy Linzer
Next Title:	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett
Next Year:	1978

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.

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".^[1]

Personnel

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

• 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

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Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	39
US Billboard 200^[3]	22
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)	31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henderson. Eric. Kid Creole: Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974 – 1983. Slant Magazine. April 15, 2008. April 2, 2018.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. illustrated. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 94.
3. Web site: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Awards. AllMusic. October 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012080113/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dr-buzzards-original-savannah-band-mn0000169088/awards. October 12, 2014. dead.