Cherchez la Femme - Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band on Tony Orlando & Dawn TV Show -

[dcaquaqueen]

One evening in Georgetown/DC club hopping early 1970's walked into Trammps Club on Wisconsin Ave, NW and heard this infectious song. On the first note couples descended to the dance floor - black, white, latin, asian, middle eastern - beautiful sight to see! I learned latin dance, the hustle, and hand dancing off this song by this band! I'll never forget this song, this band and the night I learned to latin dance!

[BobbyBluesify]

the drummer has great syncopation

[mrql123]

Awesome!! They put this together so well!

[seekinnertruth]

Now thats... an awesome band.... cant say many out now as these folk...

[58dhart]

Why is this lady so damn sexy to me??

[MIMI88998899]

@58dhart

Let's see.  Maybe because she is fully clothed and can actually sing unlike the singers that are out today.

[cipo366]

Le is male femme is female ... it's Cherchez La Femme thanks for posting.

[MundiWorld]

@cipo366 Merci ... corrected ... assistant has been reprimanded (-:

[cipo366]

@MundiWorld Hahaha... don't be too strict.. C:

[rome848]

Great song, and all the coke the must be high on. lol

[Elisabeth1903]

Yeah, I remember this vid was on TopPop as well! Don't remember Cory's 'real' voice though.... I used to sing these lines in my bedroom!

[hitechal]

Beija! Bellisima! What a facinating rhythm this was. Can't forget the funky forties theme of their musical style. And Cory, what can I say? Love always! She's my sweetheart chanteuse. Edith Piaf, Streisand, Karen Carpenter, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Chanka Khan, La Lupe, for get about it! Corey is the one, two, and three!

[timbojones23]

What old song is the melody at the start from?

[AManAndAMouse]

Thanks for the sidebar info as well as the video.

[dfc99nyc]

Coati, this is great stuff, brings back happy memories!

[frankbar007]

WOW CORY... YOUR WERE SO SO, BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION, THAT NIGHT !!!!!

[paullubliner]

One of the very, very best Disco Songs.

[tdewis]

Coati, I listen to this Cd constantly PLEASE bring Cory to Australia preferably Adelaide I would walk over broken Glass to listen to you guys live!!!

[katrinawallace40]

I Love to ROLLER SKATE to this song...da BEST energy filled song ever made

[ranus69]

OMG I remember watching this on tv when it originally aired.

[Meeshee57]

Free sample: Ghostface Killah feat. U-God "Cherchez La Ghost"

[bubsmeister]

@Meeshee57 crap

[BarbDon562]

BRING THEM BACK!!!!! BRING THEM BACK......PLEASE!?!!!!

Two hard to find combinations of musical talent: Their Stage Presence and Their Music!!! Let the young group of people today hear this band....CLASSIC and FUNK!

[behdoc]

They had another good song called "Mr. Love" that was on their 2nd lp "Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Pennett. I'm sure that lp has never been reissued. I just searched for Mr. Love on Youtube and it's not here. Maybe Coati will post it

[behdoc]

When they came out there was no one like them. Their sound was unique. That album was HUGE in NYC!

[Khultan]

@behdoc : )

[behdoc]

@Khultan

I was in high school at the time and it seemed like EVERYONE had the album. Everything about them was FUN. I wanted to be in the group because they just looked like they were having so much fun. LOL! Besides Cherchez Le Femme,, "Sunshower" was the other song all of us loved. Moreso than "I'll Play The Fool." I Loved them. I think I went wore out 2 copies of the lp. Thank God for cds. LOL!

[Khultan]

@behdoc  I was attending a private elementary school in San Francisco and though my upbringing was necessarily strict, I didn't get a chance to venture out to the dance places because, at the time, my generation weren't really hooking up like that. (Oh, the punk rock thing, forget it, nobody in my age group paid it any attention let alone understood it, basically it went over our heads) but, undeniably, disco music was the Big Thing. This group, I remember this song so very well.

[Khultan]

@Khultan I meant, 'not necessareily strict' but I clearly remember hearing this song and mind you, alot of the music on the airwaves, I would never see the videos of these groups, so in many cases, this is really the first time I am ever seeing bands suchs as this excellent Bronx band. : )

[behdoc]

@Khultan

There were no videos of groups back then. What you're now seeing on Youtbue of performances from back then are from live television performances.

Growing up in NYC in the 70s was interesting. The punk scene was in effect and even if you weren't into it we were all well aware of it. You couldn't really avoid coming into contact with it in NYC. So you had disco, punk, funk, r&b, and rock all coming together.

[Khultan]

@behdoc Interesting, but the fact is, you're older than I am, my juvenile age group (non teenagers) never spoke of punk rock or funk, but it wouldn't be unusual for me to come into class with my uncle's BeeGees, The Sylvers album (hey, that was that time) or hit of the time. It's interesting, I didn't get to hear much funk music on a SF radio station. Honestly, I think you lucked out being able to go out into your environment. I would have loved growing up in NYC in the 60s and 70s.

[behdoc]

@Khultan

Check out Cory Daye's "Pow Wow."  It's on Youtube.

[Khultan]

@behdoc I've got a line of music (cocaine is helluva drug LOL) and I will eventually get to CD's song, cool and thank you. Should I note anything in particular or just groove to the music?

[behdoc]

@Khultan

I

The whole Dr. Buzzard's cd is great. Every song is a different mood. Cory's "Pow Wow" was on her solo lp which I don't think has been reissued on cd.

[Khultan]

@behdoc It looks like I'll be getting the album or cd, I have a turntable that can upload music off vinyl : ) Well, I'm sure I'll be rewarded with however Pow Pow sounds : )

[areyuwithme]

She is so sexy! Where are these guys now?

[blkpopeye]

The Doctor's Band & Cory Daye is awesome!!! Just what the doctor ordered

[blkpopeye]

The band is great, thier music timeless Cory Daye is Gorgeous!

[antblue363]

Great !

[lionhead123]

isn't that Robert Downey Junior on the Xylophone too the far right? He looks exactly like him. You can see it best at the start.

[blkpopeye]

I like this Band & the leading lady if a fine fox!!!

[allout1034]

i" d love to do that lead singer...she's hot!!

[bnetwise]

I like every bit of this and thanks for posting it

[crobro27]

i think it was 1973, good retro of the 40's

[Khultan]

@crobro27 You're wrong, this is in the bi-centennial year of 1976.

[tcecksteinsings]

My Initial Vocal Mentor amongst many was indeed Mrs. Corey Day of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. Thank You to my Jazz Brother DJ "Rick Eckstein of WTCC Radio 90.7 FM in Springfield, MA. I've been in love with this album since I was 11 Yrs. old. Thanks Corey! Love Ya!

[drmagic]

DISCO+SWING= Dr. BUZZ!!!!!

[btinsley1]

without the "disco era flourishes", you would have only a repeated semblance of the big band sound...they were savvy to incorporate the "en vogue" flares of disco to appeal to the masses at the time....

nostalgia with a touch of disco = :-)

[erickliddell]

reason big band wnt out of style is because the massive orchestra became non cost effective....hell yeah they sounded great, but do YOU want to pay all those musicians? Disco being no stranger to Orchestration blended very nicely

[btinsley1]

i dont know about that erickliddell...i think big band went out of style simply because of changes in musical taste. as for the cost-effective factor, go to a concert nowadays...say.... ughh....ANYBODY & see if $25.00 even gets you in the parking lot ! I went to many Earth Wind & Fire concerts back in the day & needless to say there were a good 10 people on stage...tix price: $12.50 !!! LOL I agree with you that disco did blend quite nicely with orchestration. It was a great time!

[fgldnglbs]

Kid Creole and the Coconuts used to play during the summer at Penn's Landing's ampitheatre in the 80's and 90's. Cory Daye was along to do this one year.

This could have done without the disco-era flourishes, but I guess updating the sound was the idea at the time.

[musiquenonstop]

yeah..I was there, too..!  Maybe 89, 90.... Incredible. Top three concert experiences of my life. Thank you, Andy..! (The original album is one of those that I can't imagine living without. Definitely, a desert island album.)

[valjazz]

Thanks for posting. Great memories from "back in the day".

[endicott85]

MAGNIFIQUE!!!

great video from the past.Stony Browder was such a great artist!!

mucho merci Mundi!!

[max1neb]

Sublime....thanx for sharing !

[nobunsylvia]

wow

this is compleate !

thank you

[DiscoLoverMiami]

awesome! thx for sharing!!