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The Average White Band (also known as AWB) were a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They were best known for their million-selling instrumental track " Pick Up the Pieces ", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake .
AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974. AWB topped Billboard 's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single " Pick Up the Pieces " knocked Linda Ronstadt's " You're No Good " out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 .
"Pick Up the Pieces" is a song by the Average White Band from their second album, AWB. On the single, songwriting credit was given to founding member and saxophonist Roger Ball and guitarist Hamish Stuart individually and the entire band collectively.
Average White Band. Alan Gorrie – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals; Hamish Stuart – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals; Roger Ball – keyboards, alto saxophone, string arrangements, horn arrangements
The song ranked No. 70 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1975 [6] and No. 151 on the Canadian year-end chart. [7] AWB re-released the song in 1986 where it reached No. 34 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart.
Cut the Cake is the third album released by Average White Band, released in 1975. This album's hit title track reached #10 on the Billboard pop singles chart . It was dedicated to "our friend and brother Robbie McIntosh ."
To display this diverse year of music-making, Stacker surveyed Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1975 to highlight the top 50 songs, collected in January 2025. The original Billboard Top 100 of 1975 ...
Show Your Hand is the first album by Scottish funk band Average White Band, likely recorded at RG Jones Recording Studios, Wimbledon, London, and released in 1973 by MCA Records. After the success of AWB, the album was re-issued in 1975 with a new title, Put It Where You Want It, a different opening track and new cover artwork. The re-issued ...