false 2025-11-07 22:52:13 2003 2003-01-01 2003-01-01 52 Funk 9deafd2d-1388-4667-aefe-93e8359ad497 fb776bca-6139-4ff5-8d5e-5decd029cb96 ebeedf62-f54a-3065-8327-121bb508bfef /config/metadata/library/e7/e7080f841b2e55f53c2a0b427e9bf3d6/folder.jpg Average White Band Average White Band feat. Alex Ligertwood Average White Band feat. Chaka Khan Average White Band feat. Daryl Hall Average White Band feat. Klyde Jones Average White Band 1 2 04:02 1 3 04:04 1 3 04:54 1 4 05:04 1 5 04:33 1 6 04:20 1 9 04:18 1 10 03:33 1 11 03:48 1 12 04:11 1 14 03:49 1 16 05:36 The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "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, Public Enemy, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Leena Conquest, Christina Milian, and Arrested Development, making them the 15th most sampled act in history. As of 2020, 48 years after their formation, they continue to perform.