Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme

[26Deacon]

this song always remind me of some old Chicago gangster 1930's Al Capone shit. lol.

[hamberleaf]

Always will be my friend..... Ghostface Kilaaaaaaaaah

[475catatlive]

I wish I could get a good look at those 2 chicks in the background

[26Deacon]

ah man! i love this song this was a house music classic here in Chicago.

[calpurniuspeso]

I truly believe this song got me more puzzy than any other song out there. I was 17/18 then. When this song came on at the clubs, it was like an aphrodisiac for boyz & gurlz. A blend of AfroLatin & Big Band and a Heart Throbbing Disco Beat that made everyone want to get out on the dance floor. After a full night at the club & smoking a up of couple of bones; Before you knew it, you were hip deep in some ASS remembering that beat to Cherchez La Femme. Pas plus cherche pour la femme. Les souvenirs

[MrJason300]

Amazing song. Thanks or uploading this

[Hubaeck2004]

Thank you for taking me back to that 'Back-in time-precious' moment! :-)

[jwh1999]

This band was way ahead of their time, the music sounds futuristic

[saltyp123]

@jwh1999 Ahead of their time???? I guess we are will waiting for the "time" then----because I don't think this big band genre becoming popular since 1977 lol--if anything they were behind the times---big band left in the 30's---I will add--great song and I love big bands with a lot of instruments---just your average person is retarded now--so it sadly, will never be mainstream or popular

[Ghost0fFire]

Tommy Mottola!

[BECKY012766]

TOOO COOL!!

[333Troopa]

Totally Awesome!!! Can never get enough...& SHE.... Is a talented artist named Corey Daye Love her bunches :)

[geupelboi]

Damn, but this song is infectious! Takes me back to a time and place I didn't even know existed! And who is SHE??? I get drunk off her pure high.

[SatchmoSings]

Incredibly badly recorded.

[Shell0517nj]

Classic!

[discomonkey56]

Back from THE GALLERY DAYS, on HOUSTON and MERCER. Mix it NICKY.

[dplomin1954]

Love this...brings back memories of a time so long gone...and friends as well....Thank you!

[Tonia682]

I was a third grader and I loved this song. there was nothing like it on the radio. It sounds even more unique in 2012.

[jillysworld]

A million thank you's for posting this...there are no words for how amazing this is!!!! Yay.

[ddnyc24]

they're all the same all the sluts and saints...

[ddnyc24]

what a fun song... they don't make them like this anymore.

[zanthus7]

I can't believe I found this.  I used to love this song. Such a fun song.

[tinkerbell1138]

Go Cory !!!!!

[546mh]

Was this from Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour?

[jfsgro]

LOVED THIS SONG AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1977, THOUGHT THEY WERE SO COOL AND UNIQUE THEN,NOW LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO I THINK THEY ARE EVEN COOLER NOW! ITS 2011, WATCHING A VIDEO FROM 1977 WITH HEAVY 1940'S INFLUENCES,TAKE ME BACK TO 1977, PLEASE!!

[tomjohn399]

@jfsgro Ditto! A very cool, expansive mash-up before anyone knew what a mash-up was! I miss 1977 too!

[mssy16377]

SHE UP THERE WITH ROBERTA FLACK

[mssy16377]

COREY CAN 'T DO WRONG!

[mommy521a]

omg i loved this whole album wow I am old

[TheRodz555]

Wow what Cabaret Style brilliance. Tommy Notola is worth singing about. Even though he is crazy he still has his Red Rad Caddy. This song is so perfectly representative of a cheesy sweet American style gigolo, and it's just the ladies he's after. And the lead lady singer who puts this song across so well probably fell for him. A lyric treat at 5000 rhythmic calories.YES

[spritualdiary]

waah I've always loved them. even up till now im 55. back then people thought me and my girl were pretty nuts liking them. everyone was into Rock music and we'd love this stuff. i remember we'd dress up like them. my girl had Cory's hairstyle. i wore the suits and the beanies...Amsterdam was swinging.

[danfotoman]

1979, ice palace on 57th. this song will always take me there

[geupelboi]

"All I can say. Of one thing I am certain. They're all the same. All the sluts and the saints..." - Boy, they really did get it right, didn't they? Pure magic.

[SatchmoSings]

So they kept the chord progression of a 1922 hit song called "Whispering" and changed the melody; the trombones even play the original melody at times.

This isn't the first bastardization of "Whispering;" after WW2 when modern jazz ("Be Bop") came along, the post-war modernists did something similar; "Whispering" became the Be Bop anthem "Groovin' High."

[NewRainProductions]

0:15 that woman on the right. Absolutely stunning!

[useyouforfood]

@NewRainProductions Damn, good eye.

[MrMikeb1958]

28 people are just buzzards.

[atomicgirlnyc]

This was the original "Electroswing."

[dmcavalier]

Wow...flashback! Those were awesome times.

[msbrown611]

This was the song back in the days!! thanx!!

[ABSDiscoQueen]

This is definitely one of the best DISCO songs ever played in a club. I still wish all songs were as great as this one. But I got to say Gloria Estevan did the remake just as well, because she didn't change anything about this song. I could listen to this song forever. DISCO LIVES ON

[crysjumar1]

@ABSDiscoQueen Disco Rules!

[jhanasah09]

NICE???????????????

[jhanasah09]

WOW!!! DO I HEAR REAL MUSIC????????????

[antoinem13]

i love the classic go 70s melinda wilson

[AscoliChaChaCha]

15th & Jackson, 2nd floor. South Philly. Windows open. Curtins flying in the breeze. Blasting this single. Me, my girl and my friends trying to learn the hustle while the tennants on the first floor call the cops because of the noise!

[Jqau]

Straight out of Monroe High school in The Bronx NYC. You go Cory and August. This brings me back to old school. Kid Creole had to be on The Johnny Carson tonight show so many times I lost track. Johnny treated him with big respect all the time. Those were the days.

[rodcapital]

The bass player on her left was my English teacher when this hit. Hempstead

Middle School. I was soooo proud. Go Mr.Browder!!!!!!! NANAAma63

[Mandi7882]

I've mentioned this before and I will mention it again: I was a kid when this came out. This is from one of the Variety shows (Sonny and Cher?!?! - One of those I think) and I fell in love with the Western Union dancers routine..I was doing that every time I heard this song. This was fabulous! Thanks so much for posting!

[TheJKVW]

CLASSIC.

[24lisabeth]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE WHERE IS SHE????

[24lisabeth]

UMMM THIS SONG IS TOO MUCH TOO FABULOUS SO FANTASTIC WHY DONT THE STUPID DJ'S TODAY PLAY THIS?? PATHETIC..WE NEED TO DEMAND THIS FROM OUT DJ'S JUST DO IT!!

[Frenchwordsmith]

The lead singer is Cory Daye - and she did an especially good job with this number. The original vinyl album was cut in West Orange, NJ. And Dr. Buzzard is August Darnell - a/k/a Kid Creole, in the group Kid Creole & the Coconuts. FANTASTIC MUSIC!

[creatorsparrot]

@ohioplayrzx9 - The singer is Cory Daye.

[sweetlove1171]

every song on here was a "HIT LIST"...

[ohioplayrzx9]

Love this song, who is the lead singer?? She looks like she's having a ball performing this.

[AscoliChaChaCha]

70's art deco. classic

[salsadancer7]

AWESOME



[tommieparch]

tommy mottola... i dont think he signed this group..

[ridgelineranger]

Several have mentioned about the video production for this number, looking like "old Hollywood" etc. I remember the early 1970's for reviving the look of the 1930's in fashion. My friends and I would haunt second hand stores and Goodwill stores for double breasted pin stripe suits and such so we could look like Dillinger and Capone when we took our dates dancing. Truely a wonderful song from a wonderful time and place in my life.

[djsavageblend]

Oh man, this is, was the shit! AAAAHHHH YYYEEAAHH!!! The Hustle was the dance craze back then. If you don't know about it its because you never danced holding your love's hand.

[moanman1776]

The production, look, scenic design, muggin', arrangements, vibe, content, etc, is so sick! I didn't realize how much the entire presentation was meant to resemble an old time Hollywood musical. Brilliant stuff! Just freakin' BRILLIANT!

[coltrane503]

Thanks for posting  I bought this album when I was in the Navy in the 70's I wore it out.

[KalemCintron]

Nice music i love it

[jerry9ifty]

fugetabawdit

[sonsofscotlanduk]

Im here because of Ghostface, but this is a classic, no questions asked.

[v3mol]

class thank you!!!

[RAG1060]

OMG. I heard this the other day on the radio - almost forgot how cute this song was!

[universityofwtmp]

Just so darn brilliant!

[TheSekigold]

キッドも好きだけど、サバンナバンドはスィートでラブリー！いい­ね。

[ASFLLM]

God I love that overbite...

[dariushenry88]

I came here because of Ghostface Killah and you know what; I am not ashamed to say it.

[Digger2527]

classic man-hater song

[JonFrumTheFirst]

Nice hair!

[vandamme514]

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

[anjunatc]

not like--- LOVE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xx

[anjunatc]

hair raising! superb, romantic, just great

[NASIMNASIM]

beautiful song...beautiful voice

[mrdramirez09]

Yup...it helps to have money and be able to make someone a star. I think Tommy Mottola used all that to his advantage. Mariah and Thalia wouldn't give him the time of day if he was anything other than the president of Sony Records.

[1969vdez]

The music business just wasnt ready for this and didnt kn ow what to do with them. This album was and still is one of the greatest. Shame we never got to hear more of them.

[Nina513]

They was on some other shit...

Especially doing the Big Band thing back in the 70s...

This is classically genius.

[dplomin1954]

MAN...what memories and friends this song brings back......

[vandamme514]

LOVE IT!!!

[mcmedley789]

churchez la ghost

[Bqb8yj]

OMG - first heard this on my very first visit to a gay bar in the 70's!!! This is the music I came out to. What a great memory.

[geupelboi]

@Bqb8yj I am so jealous that you have that memory.

[mrdramirez09]

Tommy Muttola....a player from back in the day....probably still is.

[hitechal]

@mrdramirez09

FYI: Tommy Mottola is a music (casablanca records) executive/producer/star maker; I believe he intorduced Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band feautring Cory Daye. He has a good ear for female singers. Good eye? Afterall, listen to Cory belt those melodic notes. She rules!

Tommy M. must have discovered Cory and the boys? Anyway, Tommy M. married Mariah Carey, yes, her. and in the last few years he moved to NYC a rising Mexican songstress, Thalia, which he married, too!

[taggett666]

Everytime Iisten to this.... Which is about 30 years so far, it gets better and better......

[cholopanama]

I believe that is Patti austin on vocals

[chavez78]

@cholopanama It's Cory Daye on vocals.

[1cheetara]

nossa, sente só o naipe da vocalista kkkkkkk

[sieg5857]

This video is so trippy

[Hugs97220]

This would make a great Conga, as well as a Rhumba.

[discomadame]

C'est tout ce que j'aime :-)

[Hugs97220]

It's from an era where music was still music, played by musicians on real instruments and not all technoed-up, like dance music is now.

[caddy047]

This is hot, I remember dancing to this.

[aligned576]

EXQUISITE!!!!!

[waynemcclain1975]

this a cool song

[timbojones23]

What old song is the melody at the start from?

[bubsmeister]

@bubsmeister sorry......it's called whispering....

[calmtides]

BRING THIS BACK! PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE! : )

*shimmy shimmy shimmy*

[2old2BTold]

Prelude to "Kid Creole and the Coconuts"...good old days, when NYC was still gritty and real.

[layoutzz]

@2old2BTold ... That's right -- this was long before Times Square turned into Disneyland.

[cutenu2]

@layoutzz Patty Austin is lead singer.

[layoutzz]

@cutenu2 Thanks cutie, but ohioplayrx9 was asking.

[sircorey123]

@cutenu2 Um, The lead singer is Cory Daye.

[cutenu2]

@sircorey123 Oops!  Thanks!

[russthegreat]

Still relevant today, great music! Ghostface Killah sampled this on his 2000 Supreme Clientele album! things definitely go in cycle. Good music is immortal!

[bertjevliegt]

my six year old sister, played this to the bone, still have the record :D love that song .. gets anyone in gear ..

[B4inSF]

This band was SO much fun! Thanks for this!

[Paulieford]

Significant. 

[dfc99nyc]

DBUSB only had four albums between 1976 and 1983. Their 1976 self-titled first album was their best. ' Cherchez La Femme' and 'I'll Play the Fool' are off of that great first album.

[thewrightlilbro]

THIS IS MUSIC.SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.!!!!!!!!

[Hugs97220]

Contrast this to Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" for story. 

[Gerry76alpha]

27 people have no taste in music

[lucasboydjr]

I played the heck outta this album! Way ahead of its time!

[lucasboydjr]

the bell hop gals are really sexy!

[October33rd]

i always wondered whats the lyric at 2:43?

[October33rd]

i can't help but to get happy when i hear this. i grew up on this song on the southside of chicago

[ferlandri]

Ah! C'est trop bon... Que de souvenirs. I love this...

[TheDodge1011]

All i can say is just - Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful!!!

[rockmantodd1]

Great song - enjoy it all!!

[BigIronOnHipMan2]

Th first two words of th song lyrics -- SAY IT ALL! ... Soon as my cugino(s) e cugina(s) over in Brooklyn heard this cut back in `76 it was an instant hit! AB-SO-LUTELY!!!

And having grown up on TD's music, I can dig th "Whispering" song intro. Ingenious!

[Altur79]

just amazing! most sophisticated disco tune ever! thanx for uploading...

[ingclv]

Chicago Southside 1977, the best of times. This is MUSIC!!!!

[Bmon9468]

@ingclv lol

[THXOPS]

Cory Daye!

[f1guremeout]

GHOSTFACE!

[kinstube]

THANK YOU !!!!

[halfuquay]

I was a club DJ 1977-1982 in a club in Nashville. I played this song at some point every night once it ca,e out through record pools of the day. On New Years eve 1979 Coati Mundi and the traveling tidal wave that was Dr. Buzzard original Savannah Band came to town, and played live on our stage. They did things with sound and lights that had never been seen before in the south. It was a night that still is fresh because it was so different and leading edge at the time. it was Mardi gras for NYE.

[bluntedjester1]

If you heard this song in the party that means you made it thru another wild night.

[4bawbees]

that's so Biba!

[Ayatanoaqui]

Que voz mas bella y gran personalidad, me Fascina desde que yo era un mocos en los setentas.

[Ayatanoaqui]

WOW this song is great so many memories and really good ones.Thank you for posting it.

[DaveWollenberg]

They hit #27 in Billboard, 1-29-77. God bless ya, Lester, for postin' it. Thanx!

[nemoism]

This is music!!!! Good ole days!

[duhallyson1211]

My older cousin played this for me , she worked for a radio station...she had a demo disc....WOW ....what memories..I was privileged to alot of great music because of her ..THIS was for sure one of them :)

[lamb0002]

Instant Time shift to the seventies!

[aintgonbeg07]

this is MY SONG!!

[jaredini]

Corey Daye still looks attractive in 2011!

[dom29175]

Qu 'est ce que j'ai aimé ce groupe merci de l'avoir mis en ligne

[NakedSuit]

Music DYNAMITE!

[roylcraft]

This song is among the BEST of Disco music, never get tired of this song and the the 12" version is even better! This is when looks did not matter like to today. It was lucky to get one hit then, again thats all it takes! It was about the music! I was 13 years old and looked forward to every disco 12" single that came out. I still have them all, true time machines.

[alfeathea]

CLASSIC! I grew up on this...

[RobertGavila]

Despite it's 'retro' style, this song was very new and fresh when it climbed the charts during the winter of 1977. The band was on a track all their own, combining a disco beat (from the very talented Mickey Seville) with a swing-era horn section and velvety-smooth lead vocals over sophisticated arrangements. I expected more in the same style from this band, but nothing matched the work we found on their first album.

[WahkibaJ]

WOW!!!!!

[huubkeeris]

Nog steeds erg leuk

[RhymeWirePoetry]

I adore this song. Thanks for sharing it. I never knew what this group looked like back in the day... but with the wonders of Youtube. *Sigh*....

[nubianfruit]

I REMEMBER THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT IT WAS HOTTTTTT!!!

[Broomfield1965]

This would have gone very well on Donna Summer's "I remember yesterday" LP. And Cory Daye DOES look a bit like Donna from the same era!

[johneverready]

I was researching Tommy motolla. I saw the name Cherchez La Femme. Rapper Ghostface Killah made a rap version if this song called cherchez le ghost. This is freakin awesome.

[nuyawka917]

This brings me back to when I was a young kid discovering the music of the moment! Oh how I love this song! It gives me chills! I heard that they wrote this song for Tommy Mottola, the big music exec and Mariah Carey's ex, because back in the 70's he was Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's manager!

[mikeg888]

I remember when htis hit the charts. They played it all the time and we couldn't get enough of it. Still has that same draw! Fun song and band!

[xxchinookxx]

Pure 1940's to me....

[tejera02]

@LesterTheNightfly2- you heart killer! Why do this to me? My tears just drop! Where did you find this treasure? This and The Stylistics' Hey Girl Come & Get it make my heart sugar. I danced the Hustle my 1time with it.

[frankbar007]

THIS NOT A SONG ONLY....THIS IS A MOMENT THAT CREATE THOUSANDS OF FEELINGS THAT, FORTUNATELY, PLAY THIS SONG !!!! HAVE CLIMBED THE EVEREST TO SEE WHAT IS ABOUT ??? HAVE A NICE WEEKEND !!

[westpalmbeach5]

What a great song, what a great voice and look at her, she is so sweet..........

My God what a blessing to be alive those days!

[wolf2351]

When Tommy Mottola is mentioned in this song, they are talking about the real Tommy Motola who was married to Mariah Carey 

[michaeljporourke]

@wolf2351 yep!

[michaeljporourke]

@wolf2351 yep

[johnLA1961]

Not only an awesome song,but the video is almost perfect.One word comes to mind for this video .... CLASS.

[johnLA1961]

Not only an awesome song,but the video is almost perfect.

[Asimon912]

Stillhot stepping!

[jmontezsprat]

Cory Daye - fantastic......



[lynda000]

I was 20 years old when, I heard this song... Nalsalga.. I love it played the hell out of this album.. u can just close ur eye's and just think back, even before my time... but this music is so wonderful... still play it after 34 years still a favorite of mine. My nephew had to go get the C D.. I usto play so much, and will keep playing thank you Dr.Buzzard Band.. you have changed my life....

[Aussienproud2bAussie]

I only learnt of this song via a Gloria Estefan cover!! I was only 2 years old in 1977 haha..so wouldn't have hear but I agree... it has an amazing mystical quality to it, it transports you back in time, just wonderfull-had it not been for gloria!! I would not even knew it exists!!America has a wider span of music-I admit!!!! utterly brilliant :D

[Cyberdyne555]

A magical song, the video is a treasure to watch; over and over again. I was 17 years old when this song debuted in 1977, I didn't know they made a music video to this song (before MTV came along) I 'am joyous they did.... What a joy to watch a work of art in motion.

[johnLA1961]

@Cyberdyne555 Yeah this video is one of the best for a pre MTV song.

[theairbrushdude]

OMG! I learned to do the Hustle to this song when I was 12 back in The West End....memories indeed!

[301bishop]

i love this song ever since.