Albums - 1970's
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
1976, RCA Records LP: APL1-1504 / CS: APK1-1504 /
CD: 1504-2-R
RCA Records LP: AYL1-3767 (Best Buy Series)
| 1. | I’ll Play The Fool | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:47 |
| 2. | Hard Times | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:12 |
| 3. | Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon |
(Schonberger-Coburn-Rose) (Browder-Darnell) | 5:44 |
| 4. | Sunshower | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:04 |
| 1. | We Got It Made / Night And Day |
(Browder-Darnell) | 3:46 |
| 2. | You’ve Got Something / Betcha’ The Love Bug Bitcha’ |
(Browder-Darnell) | 5:40 |
| 3. | Sour & Sweet / Lemon In The Honey |
(Browder-Darnell) | 6:03 |
(US Gold record (½ million sales) and got to #22 in US charts.
Gloria Estefan released a version of 'Cher Chez La Femme' on Track 10 of her 1994 CD -
'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me'. Stony Browder Jnr. was the arranger.
Sandy Linzer (the producer) co-wrote many hits for the 4-Seasons, including 'Let's Hang
On' and "Working My Way Back to You'. He also co-wrote their 1966 track 'Can't Get
Enough Of You Baby', which was recently covered by SmashMouth.)
Odyssey
Odyssey
1977, RCA LP: AFL1-2204
Native New Yorker (Darnell)
(Odyssey was a Sandy Linzer group featuring the Lopez Sisters from New York)
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Meets King Penett
1978, RCA Records LP: AFL1-2402
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| 1. | Mister Love | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:33 |
| 2. | Nocturnal Interludes | (Browder-Darnell) | 3:28 |
| 3. | The Gigolo And I | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:36 |
| 4. | I'll Always Have A Smile For You |
(Browder-Darnell) | 2:49 |
| 1. | Transistor Madness / Future D.J. |
(Browder-Darnell) | 4:30 |
| 2. | An Organ Grinder's Tale | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:31 |
| 3. | Soraya / March Of The Nignies |
(Browder-Darnell) | 4:33 |
| 4. | Auf Wiedersehen Darrio | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:08 |
(Got to #36 in US charts)
Odyssey
Hollywood Party Tonight
1978, RCA LP: AFL1-3031
Single Again / What Time Does the Balloon Go Up (Linzer-Randell)
Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell also wrote many of The 4 Season's songs, including 'I Can't Get Enough of You Baby', which was covered by Smashmouth. 'Single Again' was recorded by Cory Daye on the following album - 'Cory and Me')
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Goes To Washington
1979, Elektra Records (Warner) LP: 6E-218
 Close Up 1 Close Up 2 |
| 1. | Didn't I Love You Girl? | (Browder-Darnell) | 5:18 |
| 2. | Call Me | (Browder-Darnell) | 3:44 |
| 3. | New York At Dawn | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:26 |
| 4. | R.S.V.P. | (Browder-Darnell) | 3:11 |
| 1. | The Seven Year Itch | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:41 |
| 2. | Once There Was A Colored Girl | (Browder-Darnell) | 4:26 |
| 3. | Italiano | (Browder-Darnell) | 6:05 |
(Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes to Washington recaptures the New York disco nostalgia of the band's landmark 1976 debut while excluding most of the experimentation which bogged down their admirable follow-up, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett. Although RCA reshuffled the songs from the first two albums and reissued them under the deceptive title The Very Best of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, no overview of the group is truly complete without acknowledging what would be their final album before Cory Daye went solo and August Darnell and "Sugar Coated" Andy Hernandez formed Kid Creole and the Coconuts. In many ways, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes to Washington serves as a bridge between the band and their subsequent careers. The pan-cultural beats and worldly wisdom of Kid Creole can be heard in songs like "Once There Was a Colored Girl..." and "Italiano," while the retro dance energy of "Call Me" was revisited by Daye on her solo debut, Cory and Me. As always, Daye's friendly vocals and exuberant personality take center stage before a supporting chorus of bandmates, and Darnell's clever travelogues are buoyed by a genre-blending mix of tropical melodies, danceable tempos, and dramatically orchestrated pop hooks. There is no surefire classic like their breakthrough hit "Cherchez La Femme," but ...Goes to Washington provides enough pleasant surprises to delight Dr. Buzzard and Kid Creole fans who may have overlooked this unique curio from the disco era. - Vince Ripol, All Music Guide.)
Don Armando's 2nd
Avenue Rhumba Band
Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band - 1st Album
1979, Ze Records LP: ZEA 33005 / RCA LP: 2938
| 1. | Deputy of Love | (Rogers) |
| 2. | Compliment Your Leading Lady | (Bonilla-Hernandez) |
| 3. | Winter Love | (Bonilla) |
| 4. | Goin' to a Showdown | (Kaegi) |
| 5. | How to Handle a Woman | (Lerner-Lowe) |
| 6. | I'm an Indian Too | (Berlin) |
| 7. | Para Ti/This Is Just For You | (Bonilla-Hernandez) |
(No other musicians listed)
Aural Exciters
Spooks in Space
1979, Ze Records / Buddah LP: ZEA 33-001
| 1. | Spooks in Space | (Rogers) |
| 2. | (He's a) Marathon Runner | (Franzetti-Darnell-Hernandez) |
| 3. | Goin' to a Showdown | (Kaegi) |
| 4. | Maladie D'Amour | (Darnell-Hernandez) |
| 5. | Emil (Night Rate) | (Darnell) |
| 6. | Spooks in Space (Disco Mix) | (Rogers) |
(Aural Exciters was Bob Blank's after-hours party record. After the sessions finished Bob used to ask all theses brilliant artists to do something on his own project Aural Exciters. August Darnel and Andy 'Coati Mundi' Hernandez from Kid Creole & the Coconuts wrote almost all the songs, helped with Ron Rogers & Adriana Kaegi from the Coconuts. The best studio musicians were the house band, James Chance plaid sax, Pat Place from the Contortions some guitars, everybody contributed this crazy fun project. And it really sounds like an avant garde Latin flavored P-Funk party. The album became over the years a cult mutant disco album played all over the world. - Ze Records)
Gichy Dan's
Beachwood #9
Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9
1979, RCA Records LP: AFL1-2938
| 1. | Laissez Faire |
| 2. | Slendor in the Grass |
| 3. | You Can't Keep a Good Man Down / So So Celina |
| 4. | Young Hearts |
| 5. | The Lady from the Caribbean |
| 6. | On a Day Like Today |
| 7. | Winter on Riverside Drive |
(Gichy Dan was Frank (Pago Pago) Passalacqua)
Cory Daye
Cory and Me
1979, New York International Records (RCA) LP: BXL1-3408
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| 1. | Green Light | (Linzer-Brown) | 6:10 |
| 2. | Pow Wow | (Linzer-Brown) | 7:14 |
| 3. | Wiggle & A Giggle All Night | (Linzer-Brown) | 3:08 |
| 4. | Rhythm Death | (Linzer-Brown) | 1:20 |
| 1. | Single Again / What Time Does The Balloon Go Up |
(Linzer-Randell) | 5:39 |
| 2. | Be Bop Betty A.K.A. Co Co Ree |
(Linzer-Kotkov) | 3:32 |
| 3. | Rainy Day Boy | (Linzer-Calello) | 4:06 |
| 4. | Keep The Ball Rollin' | (Linzer-Randell) | 5:20 |