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Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band, who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million selling song, "Pick Up the Pieces" and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. They have influenced others such as the Brand New Heavies, and been sampled by various musicians including the Beastie Boys, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as Arrested Development - in turn making them the fifteenth most sampled act in history. As of 2012, forty years after their formation, they continue to perform.

Ingepakt zijn:

1970 - Words On Black Plastic (As Forever More)
1970 - Yours Forever More (As Forever More)
1973 Show Your Hand 
1974 AWB 
1975 Cut the Cake 
1975 Put It Where You Want It
1976 Soul Searching  
1976 Person To Person 
1977 Benny & Us 
1978 Warmer Communications 
1979 Feel No Fret 
1980 Shine 
1980 Volume VIII
1982 Cupid's In Fashion 
1985 Sleepless Nights (as Alan Gorrie)
1989 Aftershock 
1992 The Best Of
1995 Live On The Fret
1996 - Definitive Ben E King Anthology Seven- Benny And Us(bonus track)
1996 Pick Up The Pieces (Ultimate Collection)
1996 The Very Best Of AWB
1997 Soul Tattoo 
1999 Face To Face 
2002 Tonight
2003 Living In Colour 
2003 The Ultimate Collection
2005 Greatest And Latest
2005 Live At Montreux 1977 (dvd rip)
2006 Soul & The City 
2009 The Collection Vol 1 & 2