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Chicken Skin Music: 1976: James Booker: Junco Partner: 1976 Dr. John: Goin' Back to New Orleans: 1992 Scott H. Biram: Ron Sexsmith: British Sea Power: Rod Stewart: Ernest Tubb: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ram Jam: Little Richard: Little Richard Is Back (And There's a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!) 1964 Peter Tork "Black Betty" Ram Jam: Ram ...
The origin and meaning of the lyrics are subject to debate. Historically, the "Black Betty" of the title may refer to the nickname given to a number of objects: a bottle of whiskey, a whip, or a penitentiary transfer wagon. However, in more modern song references, the term "Black Betty" alludes to a fast car or motorcycle. [2]
Cover versions of the song also appear on the 2002 album Mr. Jones by Tom Jones and on the 2004 album Tonight Alright by Australian rock band Spiderbait. Bill Bartlett still plays guitar, but in the early 1990s transformed himself into a boogie-woogie piano player. [citation needed] He also plays banjo, harmonica, and has written dozens of ...
[4] [9] [26] The songs had been written and demoed at Whitty's home in North Melbourne with English and Kram cycling in from nearby suburbs. [3] The album's first single, "Black Betty", was released in early March 2004. [27] It was a cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song which was a hit in 1977 when covered by Ram Jam.
The first track on the album, the single "Black Betty", is Ram Jam's best known song. It went to #7 on the UK singles chart in September 1977. The album reached No. 34 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in the United States. The band was re-christened "American Ram Jam" for the UK market to avoid confusion with a UK band bearing the same name.
The following is a partial list of songs performed by Lead Belly. Lead Belly , born Huddie Ledbetter, was an American folk and blues musician active in the 1930s and 1940s. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Bartlett, Walmsley and Nave formed Starstruck, whose recording of a Lead Belly song, "Black Betty", was reworked by Super K Productions producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz, and released in 1977 under the name of Ram Jam, featuring Bartlett. [5] Browne moved to California to continue playing music, Walmsley played bass around Oxford.
"Black Betty" is actually three songs recorded by Leadbelly as a medley: "Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells". 12. "The Carnival Is Over" was not co-written by Frank Farian; this credit appears as a consequence of his creating an extra verse for Boney M.'s cover version of the song. 13.