Blackbyrds, The

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Had members:
Allan Barnes (b.1949, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.) (reeds)
Barney Perry (b.1953, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.) (guitar)
Kevin Toney (b.1953 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.) (keyboards)
Joseph Hall III (b.1954, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) (bass)
Pericles Jacobs Jr. (b.1951, Washington D.C., U.S.A.) (percussion)
Keith Killgo (b.1954, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) (drums)

Formed 1973 by Donald Byrd
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Releases:
Do It, Fluid / Summer Love (7")   Fantasy 1974
Flying Start (Album) (9 versions)   Fantasy ... 1974
I Need You (7")   Fantasy 1974
I Need You / Gut Level (7")   Bellaphon 1974
The Blackbyrds (Album) (3 versions)   Fantasy ... 1974
Walking In Rhythm / The Baby (Single) (5 versions)   Fantasy 1974
City Life (Album) (5 versions)   Fantasy ... 1975
Cornbread, Earl And Me (Album) (6 versions)   Fantasy ... 1975
Flyin' High (7")   Fantasy 1975
Happy Music (Single) (4 versions)   Fantasy 1975
Oh Biancaneve / I Need You (7")   Pull, Fantasy 1975
Walking In Rhythm (7")   Fantasy 1975
Cornbread (7")   Fantasy 1976
Party Land / In Life (7", Single)   Fantasy 1976
Time Is Moving / Lady (7")   Fantasy 1976
Unfinished Business (Album) (4 versions)   Fantasy ... 1976
Action (3 versions)   Fantasy 1977
Night Grooves (Album) (6 versions)   Fantasy ... 1978
Walking In Rhythm / Rock Creek Park (2 versions)   Fantasy ... 1978
Better Days (Album) (2 versions)   Fantasy 1980
Don't Know What To Say / Rock Creek Park (12")   Fantasy 1980
What We Have Is Right (7", Promo)   Fantasy 1980
Beat On (The Best Of The Blackbyrds) (CD)   BGP Records 1988
Beat On Blackbyrds The Best Of The Blackbyrds Volume 2 (LP, Comp)   BGP Records 1988
Vol. 1 Beat On Blackbyrds (The Best Of The Blackbyrds) (LP, Comp)   BGP Records 1988
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp)   Fantasy 1989
Take A Chance / Walkin In Rhythm (12")   Unidisc 1993
Action / Better Days (CD, Album, RE)   BGP Records 1994
City Life / Unfinished Business (Album) (2 versions)   BGP Records ... 1994
The Blackbyrds / Flying Start (CD)   BGP Records 1994
The Best Of (CD)   BGP Records 1999
Mysterious Vibes (2 versions)   Z Records 2002
Happy Music : The Best Of The Blackbyrds (CD, Comp)   Fantasy 2007
Lovebyrds : Soft & Easy (CD, Comp)   Fantasy 2007
Happy Music / Rock Creek Park (12", RE)   Fantasy  
Without You Love (7")   Fantasy  
Appears On:
Harlem Shuffle (LP) A Heavy Town, One Gone... Plastic Records 1997
Paint It Black (2 versions) The One-Eye Two-Step Brown Sugar Records 2002
Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films 1968-75 (Comp) (2 versions) Wilford's Gone Soul Jazz Records 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Disco Fantasy (LP) Rock Creek Park Fantasy 1979
Fantasy Dancin' (LP) Rock Creek Park, Do It... Fantasy 1979
Super Disco Brake's Volume Four (LP) Unfinished Business Paul Winley Records 1981
The Dance Decade 1973-1983 (Comp) (2 versions) Walkin' In Rhythm Street Sounds 1983
Do It Fluid (LP, Comp) Do It Fluid BGP Records 1987
B&G Party (LP, Comp) Rock Creek Park BGP Records 1988
March 88 - Mixes 2 (12") Do It Fluid DMC 1988
Original Rare Groove Vol. 1 (2 versions) Walking In Rhythm ZYX Records ... 1988
Ultimate Breaks & Beats (LP) Rock Creek Park Street Beat Records 1988
Blast From The Past Vol 3 (LP) Love Don't Strike Twice Raw Records (3) 1989
Best Of BGP (CD) Rock Creek Park BGP Records 1990
Best Of BGP (LP, Comp) Rock Creek Park BGP Records 1990
Good Times (3xLP, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Warner Special Products 1991
Hunk O Funk (CD) Walking In Rhythm Ace Records (UK) 1991
Original Motion Picture Sound Track: Young Soul Rebels (Comp) (2 versions) Time Is Moving On, Roc... Big Life 1991
Rhythm Divine (2xCD, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Dino Entertainment 1991
Rhythm Divine (2xLP, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Dino Entertainment 1991
Soul Hits Of The '70s - Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 15 (CD, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Rhino Records (2) 1991
Young Soul Rebels (CD, Comp) Time Is Moving On, Roc... Scotti Bros. Records 1991
Young Soul Rebels (12", Pro) Time Is Moving On, Roc... Scotti Bros. Records 1991
Always There: The Essential Jazz Funk/Soulful Voices (CD, Comp) The Blackbyrds' Theme Victor Entertainment Japan 1992
Classic Funk Mastercuts Volume 1 (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Mastercuts 1992
Do It Fluid: 6 Rare Grooves / B & G Party (CD, Comp) Do It Fluid, Rock Cree... BGP Records 1992
Classic Funk Mastercuts Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Do It Fluid Mastercuts 1993
Classic Funk Mastercuts Volume 2 (2xLP) Do It Fluid Mastercuts 1993
Jazz Dance Classics Volume One (2 versions) Wilford's Gone Luv N' Haight 1993
Jazz Dance Classics Volume Two (Comp) (2 versions) The Runaway Luv N' Haight 1993
Sounds Of The Seventies - AM Pop Classics (CD) Walking In Rhythm Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1993
The Wind Down Zone Volume 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Elevate 1993
100% Pure Groove (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Telstar 1996
Eighties Soul Weekender 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Walking In Rhythm Pump Records ... 1996
Rare Grooves - Volume 2 - Straight Funk (CD, Comp) Rock Creek Park Priority Records, Polygram Special Markets 1996
Who's That Soul (2xLP, Comp) Dreaming About You Irma 1996
Acid Jazz Classics (2xLP, Comp) Rock Creek Park Irma 1997
Badmutha's - 18 Original Black Movie Hits (CD) Cornbread Music Collection International (MCI) 1997
Eighties Soul Weekender 3 (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Dino Entertainment ... 1997
Harlem Shuffle (CD) One Gun Salute, At The... Plastic Records 1997
Pulp Fusion: Revenge Of The Ghetto Grooves (2 versions) The Blackbyrds' Theme Harmless 1998
The Perfect Beats Volume 4 (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Timber! Records 1998
Those Boogie Knights & Disco Divas (CD, Comp, Album) Rock Creek Park Vox Magazine 1998
Afrodisiac (40 Original Soulful Classics) (2xCD, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Universal Music TV 1999
Best Of Blaxploitation (CD) Wilford's Gone Southbound 1999
Super Breaks (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park BGP Records 1999
The Premo Collection (2xLP) Wilford's Gone Buys Records 1999
Barbara Bui Presents Initial Grooves (4xLP) Enter In Universal Licensing Music (ULM) 2000
Funk Phenomena 2 (3xVinyl, Comp) The Baby Logic Records 2000
I Feel The Earth Move (2 versions) Spaced Out Brown Sugar Records 2000
Pulp Fusion: Evolution (Comp) (2 versions) The Runaway Harmless 2000
The Funk Box (Box + 4xCD, Comp) Do It Fluid Hip-O Records 2000
Another Late Night: Howie B. (CD, Mixed) Walking In Rhythm Kinetic Records 2001
AnotherLateNight (2 versions) Walking In Rhythm Azuli Records 2001
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Box + 6xCD, Comp, RM) Walking In Rhythm Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
Funk Sessions (2xCD) Rock Creek Park Sessions 2001
Grass Roots (2xCD, Mixed) Happy Music (12" Mix) Strut 2001
80s Groove Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Rock Creek Park Sessions 2002
Badmeaningood Vol. 1 (2 versions) Wilford's Gone Ultimate Dilemma 2002
Breaks Sessions (Comp) (2 versions) Wilford's Gone Sessions 2002
MC Bar Social 2 (12", Ltd, Smplr) Rock Creek Park (Full ... Mastercuts 2002
Mastercuts Bar Social 2 (2xCD) Rock Creek Park (Full ... Mastercuts 2002
Pure Groove - The Very Best 80's Soul Funk Grooves (2xCD) Rock Creek Park Telstar TV 2002
Pure Groove The Classics (2xCD) Walking In Rhythm Telstar TV 2002
The Best Of Jazz Funk Mastercuts (2xCD) Rock Creek Park Mastercuts 2002
Azuli Presents Tony Humphries - Choice - A Collection Of Club Zanzibar Classics (Comp) (2 versions) City Life Azuli Records 2003
Funk Conspiracy (2x12") Rock Creek Park Universal Marketing Group GmbH 2003
Groove Agents Presents Funk Conspiracy (CD) Rock Creek Park Universal Marketing Group GmbH 2003
Late Night Sessions (2xCD, Mixed) Rock Creek Park Ministry Of Sound 2003
Lisboa Gare By Rui Murka (2xCD, Comp) Do It Fluid Música Alternativa 2003
Mastercuts Bar Funkin' (2xCD) Do It Fluid Mastercuts 2003
Mastercuts DiscoHouse (2xCD) Mysterious Vibes (Mast... Mastercuts 2003
Pleasure House: Joey Negro's Soulful, Funky, Sexy Best Vol 3 (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp) Mysterious Vibes 2003,... Z Records 2003
Testament Of House (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Mysterious Vibes (Deep... Ministry Of Sound (Germany) 2003
The Adventures Of Shindig Volume 1 (2xCD, Mixed) Mysterious Vibes (Sola... Shindig 2003
The Smoothest Jazz Laid-back Soul And Jazz Funk Grooves (CD, Comp) Rock Creek Park Crimson 2003
We Got The Funk (3xCD, Comp) Do It Fluid Decadance Recordings 2003
Funk Soul Classics (2xCD) Rock Creek Park Ministry Of Sound 2004
Soul Source Supreme: Dawn (CD) Summer Love Victor Entertainment Japan 2004
The Record Playa' (CD, Mixed) Rock Creek Park Not On Label (Ruckus Roboticus) 2004
10 Years Funky Room: Pacha (2xCD, Comp) Walking In Rhythm Pacha Recordings (UK), ITH Records 2005
Funky Soundtrack Sensations (CD) Wilford's Gone Music Collection International (MCI) 2005
Hip Hop Roots (Comp) (2 versions) Happy Music Tommy Boy Music 2005
Mysterious Vibes (A Collection Of Boogie & Mellow Fusion From Fantasy Group) (CD, Comp) Mysterious Vibes, Love... Victor Entertainment Japan 2005
Return Of The Pusherman - Hustlin' Soul (3xCD, Comp) Do It Fluid Disky 2005
?uestlove Presents Babies Makin Babies 2: Misery Strikes Back...... No More Babies (CD, Comp) Mother And Son Bedroom... BBE 2006
Can't Hide Love (Comp) (2 versions) Time Is Movin' Brown Sugar Records 2006
Hot Grits Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Hash And Eggs Universal Music (Austria) 2006
Pozytywne Wibracje Classics (CD) Walking In Rhythm Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2) 2006
The Many Faces Of Joey Negro (2xCD, Comp) Mysterious Vibes (Mast... Z Records 2006
Pulp Fusion - Fully Loaded (2xCD) The Runaway Harmless 2007
The Manifesto Of Rare Groove (3xCD + Box, Ltd) Spaced Out Brown Sugar Records 2007
Vintage Grooves - Funk Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Do It Fluid (Original ... Seamless Recordings 2007
Andy Smith Diggin' In The BGP Vaults (Comp) (2 versions) Wilford's Gone BGP Records 2008
Disco Breakfast (2xCD, Comp) Don't Know What To Say Universal Music (Austria) 2008
Focus On Fusion: A New View (CD, Comp) Blackbyrds' Theme BGP Records 2008
Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films 1968-75 (Comp) (2 versions) Wilford's Gone Soul Jazz Records 2009
Protected - Massive Samples (Comp) (2 versions) Rock Creek Park Rapster Records 2009
B-Boy Anthems Volume Six (LP) Blackbyrds Theme Second To None  
C & P Dance Classics (12", Comp) Walking In Rhythm Master Dance Classics  
Disco Motion (LP) Walking In Rhythm K-Tel International (Aust.) Ltd.  
Grass Roots Sampler EP Vol. 2 (12", EP, Smplr) Happy Music (12" Mix) Strut  
Grass Roots: Danny Krivit Sampler EP Vol. 2 (CDr, Smplr, EP) Happy Music (12" Mix) Strut  
Master Dance Classics (12", Comp) Walking In Rhythm C & P Dance Classics  
Various (12") Don't Know What To Say NS Records Inc.  
Unofficial Releases:
Classic Funk Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Love Don't Strike Twice Not On Label (Classic Funk Series) 1996
Soul-Jazz-Funk (Cass, Mixed) Rock Creek Park Math-A-Matic Recordings 1999
Untitled (12", Promo) Rock Creek Park Vault Records LTD. 2002
Untitled (12", Promo) Rock Creek Park Space Dust Disco Classics 2002
Blockparty Recreation (CD) Rock Creek Park Dusted Records (2) 2004
Ultimate Breaks & Beats The Complete Collection (Box + 2xCD, Comp, RM, Unofficial) Rock Creek Park Street Beat Records 2006
Classic Donald Byrd Productions Volume 1 (2xLP, Album) Rock Creek Park, Do It... Touched By The Hand Of 2008
C & P Master Dance (12") Rock Creek Park Master Dance Classics  
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