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Starbuck was a rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1974 by keyboardist/vocalist/record producer Bruce Blackman and marimba player Bo Wagner. Both Blackman and Wagner, along with guitarist Johnny Walker, had previous success with Mississippi-based "sunshine pop" group Eternity's Children, scoring a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Mrs. Bluebird" in the summer of 1968. Wagner worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, appeared on the The Lawrence Welk Show, and played drums for the extravagant pianist Liberace.[1]

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Starbuck
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Genres	Rock, pop rock, progressive rock
Years active	1974–1980, 2013–2014, 2016
Labels	Private Stock Records United Artists AVI
Past members	Bruce Blackman David Snavely Bo Wagner Johnny Walker Elgin Wells Sloan Hayes David Shaver Jimmy Cobb Tommy Strain Ron Norris Kenny Crysler Darryl Kutz Bob Gauthier John Fristoe
Website	moonlightfeelsright.com

Starbuck's debut single, "Moonlight Feels Right", reached the No. 3 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in 1976. Although the band never re-created the success of their debut, several of their songs did chart in the Billboard Top 100, and their 1977 release "Everybody Be Dancin'" reached No. 38.

From 1976 to 1980, the band toured with popular groups of the era, including Electric Light Orchestra, KC and the Sunshine Band, Hall & Oates, England Dan & John Ford Coley and Boston. TV appearances included The Midnight Special, American Bandstand, The Merv Griffin Show, Dinah!, The Mike Douglas Show, and Solid Gold.

The band was briefly known as Korona in the early 1980s, getting one Hot 100 hit in 1980, "Let Me Be," which reached No. 43 in April.[2]

In July 2013, a number of former Starbuck members (founders Blackman and Wagner, guitarist Tommy Strain, keyboardists Sloan Hayes and David Shaver, bassist Jimmy Cobb, and drummer Kenny Crysler) performed[3] at Chastain Park in Atlanta.

The group also reunited once more for their final performance on August 20, 2016, with the same lineup as their previous reunion concert in 2013.

Lead singer Blackman was inducted into the Mississippi Writer's Garden on April 5, 2014.[4]

Robert "Bo" Wagner died on June 20, 2017, in Santa Monica, California, aged 72.[5][6]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	US Top 200
1976	Moonlight Feels Right	78
1977	Rock'n Roll Rocket	182
1978	Searching for a Thrill	—

Singles

Year	Song	CA	CAN AC	US BB	US AC	US CB	AUS [7]	NZ	Album
1976	"Moonlight Feels Right"	3	1	3	2	2	25	21	Moonlight Feels Right
	"I Got to Know"	36	9	43	11	40	—	—
	"Lucky Man"	44	27	73	42	48	—	—
1977	"Everybody Be Dancin'"	57	30	38	41	48	—	—	Rock & Roll Rocket
1978	"Searching for a Thrill"	46	—	58	—	45	—	—	Searching for a Thrill
1980	"Let Me Be"	—	—	43	49	—	—	—	Korona
1983	"The Full Cleveland"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single

References

External links

• Moonlight Feels Right (Bruce Blackman's official Starbuck site)
• Starbuck discography at Discogs

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