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City Life is the third studio album by the American R&B/jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds, released in 1975 on Fantasy Records. [3] This album peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs, No. 3 on the Top R&B Albums and No. 16 on the Top Pop LPs charts. City Life has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [4] [5]
Album Chart positions Label Certifications US [10] US R&B [10] US Jazz [10] 1974 The Blackbyrds: 96 14 6 Fantasy: Flying Start: 30 5 2 1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me (soundtrack) 150 19 39 City Life: 16 3 1 US: Gold [11] 1976 Unfinished Business: 34 6 5 US: Gold [11] 1977 Action: 43 8 US: Gold [11] 1980 Better Days: 133 40 — 2012 Gotta Fly
The song charted in March 1975 and reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty three on the UK Singles Chart in June. The tune was similarly well accepted by soft rock stations, reaching the top ten on the Billboard Easy Listening chart as well as on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.
The album was issued on CD in 2011. [2] The release of the album and the resulting media coverage sparked new interest in Sullivan and his work. [1] A collection of previously unreleased demos by Sullivan, If the Evening Were Dawn, was released in 2019 by Light in the Attic. [10]
The Blackbyrds is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds. It was produced by Larry Mizell and Donald Byrd with production supervision by Orrin Keepnews. The album artwork is a section of the Vincent Van Gogh painting Wheatfield with Crows.
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II [1] (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. [2] A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist.
Black Byrd is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds.
The band played with Chick Corea, The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, and Grover Washington Jr. [2] Seven albums by the band were released. Three were certified gold. The band's hits included "Rock Creek Park" and "Unfinished Business", both written by Toney. The latter received a Grammy Award nomination. [1] Toney recorded several albums as a solo ...