The second single, the doo-wop influenced rocker "Butter Boy", reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1975 and was one of Casablanca's first Billboard Top 40 hits. The album's first single, " I've Had It", a cover of the Bell Notes' 1958 song, reached #79 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"It's really about after all that we'd been through, we had still survived. "With the addition of Patti into the band, who was very theatrical, that was just the direction it was taking," bassist Jean Millington said in 2009. The album saw Fanny move towards a more polished and commercial sound, influenced by the English glam rock scene, and was approached by the band as a conceptual piece. Guitarist Patti Quatro (older sister of Suzi) and drummer Brie Howard had joined Fanny in 1973-1974, making their recording début with the band on Rock and Roll Survivors. Having recorded four studio albums for Reprise Records between 19, Fanny moved to Casablanca Records for Rock and Roll Survivors and worked with the label's house producer Vini Poncia, who succeeded previous Fanny producers Richard Perry and Todd Rundgren. The album was reissued on CD in 2009 by Cherry Red Records. The album features the band's highest charting single "Butter Boy" (US #29). Produced by Vini Poncia, it was the band's only album for Casablanca.
The album marked the only appearances by guitarist Patti Quatro and drummer Brie Howard, who replaced original members June Millington and Alice de Buhr (though Howard had been a member of the band in its early days). Rock and Roll Survivors is the fifth and final studio album by American rock band Fanny, released in 1974 on Casablanca Records.
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