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Ram Jam
American rock band
Ram Jam was an American rock band formed in New York City and active in 1977 and 1978, mainly known for their hit single, a rock adaptation of the Lead Belly song "Black Betty".
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File card: Ram Jam
members: Peter Charles, Howard Blauvelt, Bill Bartlett, Jimmy Santoro, Myke Scavone
formed in: New York
labels: Epic Records
genres: hard rock, heavy metal music
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Early days
Bill Bartlett went on from the Lemon Pipers to form a group called Starstruck. Starstruck originally included Steve Walmsley (bass) and Bob Nave (organ) from the Lemon Pipers. Walmsley left the band and was replaced by David Goldflies (who later played for years with Dickey Betts and Great Southern and the Allman Brothers). While in Starstruck, Bartlett took Lead Belly's 59 second long "Black Betty" and arranged, recorded and released it on the group's own TruckStar label.
Hard rock band from New York, New York, USA, that was formed in 1977.
The band was primarily known for its hit single 165152 from 1977. But 8647184 was released two years earlier by Starstruck (10) - a band Bill Bartlett (2) played in before Ram Jam was formed around him. The Ram Jam version of the song is no new recording of the song, but an edited and re-arranged version of the Starstruck version from 1975.
In 1991, producers Kasenetz-Katz revived the name, releasing a hip-house single on a revived version of their Super K Records label and a hard rock album in France under the name. For that incarnation, see .
Also known as: American Ram Jam, Ram Jam Band, RamJam, Ramjam, Rem Jam
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Ram Jam, the records, oldest first
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
1978 album
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