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The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett.
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
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 ...
Average White Band. Alan Gorrie – vocals, bass, guitar on "Cut the Cake" and "School Boy Crush" Hamish Stuart – vocals, guitar, bass on "Cut the Cake" and "School Boy Crush" Roger Ball – keyboards, synthesizer, alto and baritone saxophones, arranger (Dundee horns) Malcolm Duncan – tenor saxophone; Onnie McIntyre – guitar, backing vocals
"Let's Go Round Again" is a song by the Scottish funk and R&B group Average White Band. The single charted at No. 12 in the UK, [1] No. 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 40 on the R&B chart [2] and No. 24 on the Disco chart.
Aftershock is an album by the R&B band Average White Band, released in 1989. [2] [3] Three original bandmembers returned; Alex Ligertwood joined on vocals. [4] [5] Chaka Khan sang on two of the album's songs. [6] Track Records, the band's label, was unable to effectively promote Aftershock. [7] The album was a moderate success in Europe. [8]