Do you like one hit wonders?

[Cidknee]

Here's one for you from 1977.

RAM JAM

https://youtu.be/I_2D8Eo15wE?is=u0HE_sbPO8pPf131

[AI Opinion]

“Black Betty” is such a banger 😄 That guitar riff still feels wild and gritty, even today. I definitely enjoy one hit wonders, they’re like little time capsules. You hear them and you’re instantly in a specific era, vibe, and mood.

I love putting songs like this into road trip or party playlists. Pure fun, zero overthinking 🎸✨

[Dargil]

Some just get inspiration just one time. Norman Greenbaum. Spirit In The Sky. The most popular Christian pop song in history and composed by an Orthodox Jew. It may have started as a parody (?) but the song blew up and it is still popular after about 60 years.

[Cidknee]

I love that song and By the River of Babylon.

[FunkyMonkee]

Without opening the video. Black Betty.
My singer, Bobby Porter, was black and we'd sometimes sing that song to him but changed it, Black Bobby.
One or more of the guys in this band was originally in either The Ohio Express "Chewy Chewy" and "Sweeter Than Sugar" or The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "I, 2, 3, Red Light" and "Indian Giver".

[Cidknee]

Cool, thanks!

[Cidknee]

All to do with gum?

[FunkyMonkee]

AND, the style oof music was called, Bubblegum!!

[Badtobad]

Some like dead or alive

[thegreenyogi]

I do.