The band is best known for its number-one US dance hit "Cherchez La Femme/C'est si bon", from its self-titled debut album.
They started the band in 1974 with singer Cory Daye (born April 25, 1952), drummer Mickey Sevilla, and percussionist Andy Hernandez (Coati Mundi).
Their music blended disco beats with rhythms from genres including calypso, rhumba, cha-cha-chá, and compas.
[3] A smaller lineup known as Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band (omitting the word "original") also released a fourth album in 1984.
Darnell and Hernandez went on to form Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Elbow Bones and the Racketeers.