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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Ram Jam |
| name = Ram Jam
Type = Studio album |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Ram Jam]] |
| artist = [[Ram Jam]]
Cover = Ramjamf.jpg |
| cover = Ramjamf.jpg
Released = 1977 (US) |
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1977|6|20}}<ref>{{cite news |title=''Ram Jam'' by Ram Jam |url=https://www.spotify.com/album/4z2REZpvRsVMpHFrsIz7PD |work=[[Spotify]] }}</ref>
Recorded = K&K Studio City-[[Great Neck, New York]]|
| recorded = K&K Studio City-[[Great Neck, New York]]
Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]], [[hard rock]] |
| venue =
Length = 34:19<br>39:23 (Golden Classics) |
| studio =
Label = [[Epic Records]] (US)|
| genre =
Producer = [[Jeff Katz]]/[[Jerry Kasenetz]]|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref name= "Bubblegum 2001">{{cite book|first= James|last= Porter|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= Kasenetz-Katz and Their Super-Duper Rock & Roll Kavalcade|publisher= [[Feral House]]|location= Los Angeles|pages= 110–118}}</ref>
Reviews = |
* [[hard rock]]<ref name= "Allmusic Ram Jam"/>
Last album = |
This album = ''Ram Jam''<br />(1977) |
| length = 34:19<br>39:23 (Golden Classics)
| label = [[Epic Records]] (US)
Next album = ''[[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram]]''<br />(1978) |
| producer = [[Jeffry Katz]], [[Jerry Kasenetz]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram]]
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ram Jam
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Black Betty#Ram Jam version|Black Betty]]” / “I Should Have Known
| single1date = June 1977
| single2 = Keep Your Hands On the Wheel” / “Right on the Money
| single2date = 30 December 1977
}}
}}
}}


'''''Ram Jam''''' was the debut studio album released by [[Ram Jam]] in [[1977 in music|1977]]. The first track on the album, the [[music single|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 #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 with the same name.
'''''Ram Jam''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Ram Jam]] in 1977. The first track on the album, the [[music single|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.

In 1996, the album was reissued on CD as ''Golden Classics'' with a bonus track, "I Should Have Known", which was originally the B-side to the "Black Betty" single.


In 1996, the album was reissued on CD as ''Golden Classics'' with a bonus track, "I Should Have Known", which was originally the B-side to the "Black Betty" single.{{Music ratings
In 2010, "Black Betty" became part of the internet meme based on the [[AC Transit Bus fight]]. Clips (both audio and visual) from the video of the fight were inserted into the music video, most notably the "bam-balam" being replaced with "amberlamps".
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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
# "[[Black Betty]]" ([[Lead Belly|Huddie Ledbetter]]) - 3:57

# "Let It All Out" (Bill Bartlett) - 3:59
|title1 = [[Black Betty#Ram Jam version|Black Betty]]
# "Keep Your Hands on the Wheel" (Mike Millius, Thom Graves) - 3:34
|writer1 = {{hlist|[[Lead Belly|Huddie Ledbetter]] (arr. Bill Bartlett)}}
# "Right on the Money" (Bartlett) - 3:11
|length1 = 3:57
# "All for the Love of Rock 'n' Roll" ([[Tuff Darts|Jeff Salen]], Robert Butani) - 3:00

# "404" (G.W. Kenny) - 3:44
|title2 = Let It All Out
# "High Steppin'" (Bartlett) - 3:40
|writer2 = {{hlist|Bartlett}}
# "Overloaded" (Joseph LaPallo, William Haberman) - 2:54
|length2 = 3:59
# "Hey Boogie Woman" (Bartlett) - 3:09

# "Too Bad on Your Birthday" (Arthur Resnick, Charles Karp) - 3:11
|title3 = Keep Your Hands on the Wheel
# "I Should Have Known" - 4:50 (bonus track only on ''Golden Classics'')
|writer3 = {{hlist|Mike Millius|Thom Graves}}
|length3 = 3:34

|title4 = Right on the Money
|writer4 = {{hlist|Bartlett}}
|length4 = 3:11

|title5 = All for the Love of Rock n' Roll
|writer5 = {{hlist|[[Tuff Darts|Jeff Salen]]|Robert Butani}}
|length5 = 3:00

|title6 = 404
|writer6 = {{hlist|[[Gerard Kenny|Gerard W. Kenny]]}}
|length6 = 3:44

|title7 = High Steppin{{'-}}
|writer7 = {{hlist|Bartlett}}
|length7 = 3:40

|title8 = Overloaded
|writer8 = {{hlist|Joseph LaPallo|William Haberman}}
|length8 = 2:54

|title9 = Hey Boogie Woman
|writer9 = {{hlist|Bartlett}}
|length9 = 3:09

|title10 = Too Bad on Your Birthday
|writer10 = {{hlist|Arthur Resnick|Charles Karp}}
|length10 = 3:11

}}

{{Track listing
|headline = Golden Classics bonus track
|title11 = I Should Have Known
|writer11 = {{hlist|Bartlett}}
|length11 = 4:50

}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1977)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=246}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 16
|-
|United Kingdom ([[Official Charts Company]])
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
|United States ([[Billboard 200]])
| style="text-align:center;"| 34
|}

==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Myke Scavone]] - [[vocals]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[Myke Scavone]] – [[vocals]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Bill Bartlett - [[guitar]], vocals
* Bill Bartlett – [[guitar]], vocals
*Howie Blauvelt - [[bass guitar]], vocals
* Howie Blauvelt – [[bass guitar]], vocals
*Peter Charles - [[drum kit|drums]]
* Peter Charles – [[drum kit|drums]]
* David Goldflies - bass guitar (track 1)
* Tom Kurtz - guitar (track 1)
* David Fleeman - drums (track 1)

'''Production'''
*[[Jeffry Katz]] – producer
*[[Jerry Kasenetz]] – producer
*[[Stanisław Zagórski]] – cover art


==Production==
*[[Record producer|Producer]]: [[Jeff Katz]]/[[Jerry Kasenetz]]
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Jerry Kasenetz]]



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Latest revision as of 12:27, 5 December 2024

Ram Jam
Studio album by
Ram Jam
ReleasedJune 20, 1977 (1977-06-20)[1]
RecordedK&K Studio City-Great Neck, New York
Genre
Length34:19
39:23 (Golden Classics)
LabelEpic Records (US)
ProducerJeffry Katz, Jerry Kasenetz
Ram Jam chronology
Ram Jam
(1977) 		Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
(1978)
Singles from Ram Jam
  1. "Black Betty” / “I Should Have Known"
    Released: June 1977
  2. "Keep Your Hands On the Wheel” / “Right on the Money"
    Released: 30 December 1977

Ram Jam is the debut studio album by American rock band Ram Jam in 1977. 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.

In 1996, the album was reissued on CD as Golden Classics with a bonus track, "I Should Have Known", which was originally the B-side to the "Black Betty" single.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Betty"
3:57
2."Let It All Out"
  • Bartlett
3:59
3."Keep Your Hands on the Wheel"
  • Mike Millius
  • Thom Graves
3:34
4."Right on the Money"
  • Bartlett
3:11
5."All for the Love of Rock n' Roll"
3:00
6."404"
3:44
7."High Steppin'"
  • Bartlett
3:40
8."Overloaded"
  • Joseph LaPallo
  • William Haberman
2:54
9."Hey Boogie Woman"
  • Bartlett
3:09
10."Too Bad on Your Birthday"
  • Arthur Resnick
  • Charles Karp
3:11
Golden Classics bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I Should Have Known"
  • Bartlett
4:50

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 16
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 7
United States (Billboard 200) 34

Personnel

[edit]

Production

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Ram Jam by Ram Jam". Spotify.
  2. ^ Porter, James (2001). "Kasenetz-Katz and Their Super-Duper Rock & Roll Kavalcade". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 110–118.
  3. ^ a b Donald A. Guarisco. "Ram Jam "Ram Jam"". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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