| # | Fact |
|---|
| 1 | Was formed in 1971. |
| 2 | The original lineup featured Alan Gorrie (guitar, bass guitar and vocals), Hamish Stuart (guitar, bass guitar and vocals), Onnie McIntyre (vocals, rhythm guitar), Malcolm Duncan (tenor saxophone), Roger Ball (keyboards, saxophones) and Robbie McIntosh (drums). |
| 3 | The original drummer Robbie McIntosh died in September of 1974 of a heroin overdose. He was replaced by Steve Ferrone, the band's first black member. |
| 4 | The band's first and most famous hit, "Pick Up The Pieces", was released in July of 1974 in the UK without success, but when it was released in America in October of the same year, it began to make an impression, and eventually reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles chart on the first of March 1975. Although Robbie McIntosh played on the track, he didn't live to see the colossal success it went on to have. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Behind the Candelabra | 2013 | TV Movie performer: "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" | |
| One Hit Wonderland | | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012 | |
| Iron Man 2 | 2010 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Semi-Pro | 2008 | performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares | | TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006 | |
| Running with Scissors | 2006 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" 1975 | |
| Driver: Parallel Lines | 2006 | Video Game performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" / writer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| Everybody Hates Chris | 2005 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Roll Bounce | 2005 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | 2004 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Taxi | 2004/I | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Starsky & Hutch | 2004 | performer: "Cut The Cake" | |
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business | 2004 | performer: "Wanna B Where U R Thisizzaluvsong" | |
| Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars | 2002 | Video short performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Undercover Brother | 2002 | performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| Crazy as Hell | 2002 | "Picking Up the Pieces" | |
| My Own Private Oshawa | 2002 | TV Special performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Bowfinger | 1999 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| That '70s Show | 1999 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1998 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Suicide Kings | 1997 | performer: "Cut The Cake" | |
| Private Parts | 1997 | performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| Booty Call | 1997 | performer: "Just the Way You Like It" | |
| The People vs. Larry Flynt | 1996 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Swingers | 1996 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" | |
| Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | 1996 | "Time to Shine" | |
| Fox Hunt | 1996 | performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| Kids | 1995 | performer: "I'm the One" | |
| The Spirit of '76 | 1990 | performer: "Pick Up The Pieces" | |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | 1985 | performer: "PICK UP THE PIECES" / writer: "PICK UP THE PIECES" | |
| Superman II | 1980 | performer: "Pick Up the Pieces" - as The Average White Band / writer: "Pick Up the Pieces" - as The Average White Band | |
| Top of the Pops | 1976-1980 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
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