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==History==
==History==
The group was inspired by [[trumpet]]er [[Donald Byrd]]{{cn|date=December 2021}} and featured some of his [[Howard University]] students: [[Kevin Toney]] ([[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s), Keith Killgo ([[singing|vocals]], [[drum]]s), Joe Hall ([[bass guitar]]), [[Allan Barnes]] ([[saxophone]], [[clarinet]]), and Barney Perry ([[guitar]]). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones ([[flute]], saxophone) joined later. On "Rock Creek Park" and "Happy Music", [[Merry Clayton]] joined them on vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-blackbyrds/rock-creek-park|title=The Blackbyrds : Rock Creek Park|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> They signed to [[Fantasy Records]] in 1973. Their 1975 [[hit record|hit]] "[[Walking in Rhythm]]" received a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination and sold over one million copies by May 1975. It was later awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
The group was inspired by [[trumpet]]er [[Donald Byrd]]{{cn|date=December 2021}} and featured some of his [[Howard University]] students: [[Kevin Toney]] ([[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s), Keith Killgo ([[singing|vocals]], [[drum]]s), Joe Hall ([[bass guitar]]), [[Allan Barnes]] ([[saxophone]], [[clarinet]]), and Barney Perry ([[guitar]]). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones ([[flute]], saxophone) joined later. On "Rock Creek Park" and "Happy Music", [[Merry Clayton]] joined them on vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-blackbyrds/rock-creek-park|title=The Blackbyrds : Rock Creek Park|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> They signed to [[Fantasy Records]] in 1973. Their 1975 [[hit record|hit]] "[[Walking in Rhythm]]" received a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination and sold over one million copies by May 1975. It was later awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr| url-access= registration| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/354 354]| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}}</ref>
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr
| url-access= registration
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/354 354]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}}</ref>


Founding member Allan Barnes died on July 25, 2016, aged 66.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/07/28/allan-barnes-saxophonist-obituary/87628024/ | title=Allan Barnes, soulful Detroit saxophonist, dies at 66 | first=Mark | last=Stryker | work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>
Founding member Allan Barnes died on July 25, 2016, aged 66.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/07/28/allan-barnes-saxophonist-obituary/87628024/ | title=Allan Barnes, soulful Detroit saxophonist, dies at 66 | first=Mark | last=Stryker | work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>

==Sampling of Blackbyrds music==
==Sampling of Blackbyrds music==
The Blackbyrds have influenced the [[hip-hop]] generation, with [[Tupac Shakur]], [[Gang Starr]], [[Da Lench Mob]], and [[Full Force]] [[sample (music)|sampling]] their music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/288/the_blackbyrds_talking_in_rhythm/ |title=The Blackbyrds: Talking In Rhythm |website=Bluesandsoul.com |access-date=2016-07-28}}</ref> Their song "Happy Music" was issued on 45&nbsp;rpm [[12-inch single]] as the first club mix release by [[Fantasy Records]], in November 1975, to enable club deejays to drop sequences into a mix.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16lVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |page=49 |title=Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound |last=Niebur |first=Louis |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780197511077}}</ref> In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the ''City Life'' album has been sampled numerous times by groups and artists such as [[MF Doom]], [[De La Soul]], [[Eric B. & Rakim]], [[Big Daddy Kane]], [[N.W.A]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Heavy D]], [[Nas]] and [[Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five]], [[Tone Lōc]], [[Mac Dre]], and [[Wiz Khalifa]].<ref>Thompson, Dave (2001). ''Funk''. Backbeat Books. p. 81. {{ISBN|0-87930-629-7}}</ref>
The Blackbyrds have influenced the [[hip-hop]] generation, with [[Tupac Shakur]], [[Gang Starr]], [[Da Lench Mob]], and [[Full Force]] [[sample (music)|sampling]] their music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/288/the_blackbyrds_talking_in_rhythm/ |title=The Blackbyrds: Talking In Rhythm |website=Bluesandsoul.com |access-date=2016-07-28}}</ref> Their song "Happy Music" was issued on 45&nbsp;rpm [[12-inch single]] as the first club mix release by [[Fantasy Records]], in November 1975, to enable club deejays to drop sequences into a mix.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16lVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |page=49 |title=Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound |last=Niebur |first=Louis |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780197511077}}</ref> In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the ''City Life'' album has been sampled numerous times by groups and artists such as [[MF Doom]], [[De La Soul]], [[Eric B. & Rakim]], [[Big Daddy Kane]], [[N.W.A]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Heavy D]], [[Nas]] and [[Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five]], [[Tone Lōc]], [[Mac Dre]], and [[Wiz Khalifa]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|year=2001|title=Funk|publisher=Backbeat Books|page=81|isbn=0-87930-629-7}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
*1974: ''[[The Blackbyrds (album)|The Blackbyrds]]'' ([[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]])
|-
*1974: ''[[Flying Start (album)|Flying Start]]'' (Fantasy)
! rowspan="2"| Year
*1975: ''[[Cornbread, Earl and Me|Cornbread, Earl and Me (Soundtrack)]]'' (Fantasy)
! rowspan="2"| Album
*1975: ''[[City Life (The Blackbyrds album)|City Life]]'' (Fantasy)
! colspan="3"| Chart positions
*1976: ''Unfinished Business'' (Fantasy)
! rowspan="2"| Label
*1977: ''Action'' (Fantasy)
|-
*1980: ''Better Days'' (Fantasy)
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=The Blackbyrds - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-blackbyrds-mn0000049367/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021115317/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-blackbyrds-mn0000049367/awards|archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>
*2012: ''Gotta Fly'' (K-Wes Indi Records)
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Billboard charts|US Jazz]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1974
| align="left"| ''[[The Blackbyrds (album)|The Blackbyrds]]''
| 96
| 14
| 6
| rowspan="7"| [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]]
|-
| align="left"| ''[[Flying Start (album)|Flying Start]]''
| 30
| 5
| 2
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1975
| align="left"| ''[[Cornbread, Earl and Me|Cornbread, Earl and Me (Soundtrack)]]''
| 150
| 19
| 39
|-
| align="left"| ''[[City Life (The Blackbyrds album)|City Life]]''
| 16
| 3
| 1
|-
| 1976
| align="left"| ''Unfinished Business''
| 34
| 6
| 5
|-
| 1977
| align="left"| ''Action''
| 43
| 8
| —
|-
| 1980
| align="left"| ''Better Days''
| 133
| 40
| —
|-
| 2012
| align="left"| ''Gotta Fly''
| —
| —
| —
| K-Wes Indi Records
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}


===Compilations===
===Compilations===
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===Singles===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
* "Do It, Fluid" (1974) - R&B #23, Pop #69
|-
* "[[Walking in Rhythm]]" (1975) - R&B #4, Pop #6, Easy Listening #5, UK #23
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
* "Flyin' High" (1975) - R&B #22, Pop #70, Easy Listening #25
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
* "Happy Music" (1976) - R&B #3, Pop #19
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
* "Rock Creek Park" (1976) - R&B #37, Pop #93
|-
* "Time Is Movin'" (1977) - R&B #15, Pop #95
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* "Party Land" (1977) - R&B #30
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* "Soft And Easy" (1977) - R&B #20
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Dance Club Songs|US Disco]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* "Supernatural Feeling" (1978) - R&B #19
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US A/C]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* "What We Have Is Right" (1980) - R&B #38
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15358/blackbyrds/ | title=BLACKBYRDS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>
* "Love Don't Strike Twice" (1981) - R&B #52
|-
* "Dancin' Dancin" (1981) - Dance #59
| rowspan="2"| 1974

| "Do It, Fluid"
All singles released on the Fantasy label.
| align=center | 69
| align=center | 23
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Gut Level"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 9
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1975
| "[[Walking in Rhythm]]"
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 23
|-
| "Future Children, Future Hopes"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 3
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Flyin' High"
| align=center | 70
| align=center | 22
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "City Life"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 4
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1976
| "Happy Music"
| align=center | 19
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 6
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Rock Creek Park"
| align=center | 93
| align=center | 37
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Unfinished Business"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 14
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Time Is Movin'"
| align=center | 95
| align=center | 15
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Party Land"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 30
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1977
| "Soft and Easy"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 20
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Supernatural Feeling"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 19
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Street Games"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| "What We Have Is Right"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 38
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Love Don't Strike Twice"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 52
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| "Dancin' Dancin'"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 59
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
| 2002
| "Mysterious Vibes" <br><small>(remix, originally released in 1977)</small>
| align=center | ―
| align=center | —
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 97
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6121}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6121}}
*{{Discogs artist}}
* D’Angelo, Enrico (June 2, 2003). "[http://www.harbus.org/2003/The-Blackbyrds-2197 The Blackbyrds]". ''The Harbus''. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
* D’Angelo, Enrico (June 2, 2003). "[http://www.harbus.org/2003/The-Blackbyrds-2197 The Blackbyrds]". ''The Harbus''. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.


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The Blackbyrds
OriginWashington, D.C., United States
GenresR&B, jazz-funk
Years active1973–1981, 2012–present
LabelsFantasy
MembersJoe Hall
Keith Killgo
Orville Saunders
Past membersAllan Barnes
Donald Byrd
Barney Perry
Kevin Toney
Jay Jones
Ray Armando
Oscar Brashear
Perk Jacobs
David Williams
Wesley Jackson
Stephen Johnson
Gary Hart

The Blackbyrds are an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C., in 1973 and reformed in 2012 by Keith Killgo.[1]

History

The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd[citation needed] and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), and Barney Perry (guitar). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) joined later. On "Rock Creek Park" and "Happy Music", Merry Clayton joined them on vocals.[2] They signed to Fantasy Records in 1973. Their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm" received a Grammy nomination and sold over one million copies by May 1975. It was later awarded a gold disc.[3]

Founding member Allan Barnes died on July 25, 2016, aged 66.[4]

Sampling of Blackbyrds music

The Blackbyrds have influenced the hip-hop generation, with Tupac Shakur, Gang Starr, Da Lench Mob, and Full Force sampling their music.[5] Their song "Happy Music" was issued on 45 rpm 12-inch single as the first club mix release by Fantasy Records, in November 1975, to enable club deejays to drop sequences into a mix.[6] In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups and artists such as MF Doom, De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Tone Lōc, Mac Dre, and Wiz Khalifa.[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions Label
US
[8] 		US R&B
[8] 		US Jazz
[8]
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
1976 Unfinished Business 34 6 5
1977 Action 43 8 —
1980 Better Days 133 40 —
2012 Gotta Fly — — — K-Wes Indi Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

  • 1978: Night Grooves (Fantasy)
  • 1989: Greatest Hits (Fantasy)
  • 2007: Happy Music: The Best of The Blackbyrds (Fantasy FCD-30194-2)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions
US
[8] 		US R&B
[8] 		US Disco
[8] 		US A/C
[8] 		UK
[9]
1974 "Do It, Fluid" 69 23 ― ― ―
"Gut Level" ― ― 9 ― ―
1975 "Walking in Rhythm" 6 4 9 5 23
"Future Children, Future Hopes" ― ― 3 ― ―
"Flyin' High" 70 22 ― ― ―
"City Life" ― ― 4 ― ―
1976 "Happy Music" 19 3 6 ― ―
"Rock Creek Park" 93 37 ― ― ―
"Unfinished Business" ― ― 14 ― ―
"Time Is Movin'" 95 15 ― ― ―
"Party Land" ― 30 ― ― ―
1977 "Soft and Easy" ― 20 ― ― ―
"Supernatural Feeling" ― 19 ― ― ―
"Street Games" ― ― ― ― ―
1980 "What We Have Is Right" ― 38 ― ― ―
"Love Don't Strike Twice" ― 52 ― ― ―
"Dancin' Dancin'" ― ― 59 ― ―
2002 "Mysterious Vibes"
(remix, originally released in 1977) 		― — ― ― 97
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ "The Blackbyrds". Discogs. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Blackbyrds : Rock Creek Park". Songfacts.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 354. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  4. ^ Stryker, Mark (July 29, 2016). "Allan Barnes, soulful Detroit saxophonist, dies at 66". Detroit Free Press.
  5. ^ "The Blackbyrds: Talking In Rhythm". Bluesandsoul.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  6. ^ Niebur, Louis (2022). Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780197511077.
  7. ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 81. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "The Blackbyrds - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "BLACKBYRDS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
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