Black Betty Mystery Solved
About two years ago the song “Black Betty” started popping up everywhere. (I vaguely remember it as a seventies anthem, but that is about it.) Everyone knows it - and I am often singing it to myself - but no one knows who recorded it.
My guess is Aerosmith (obviously wrong), so I googled it. Ready?
“Black Betty” is a reworking of a Leadbelly recording by one-hit-wonder Ram Jam (remember them? I don’t either) and reached #18 in 1977. It was attacked by the NAACP (I don’t know why) and made it into the top ten in Europe and Australia.
This is a link to the video (amazing right?) don’t you wish it could be 1977 again? Pay particular attention to the lip-syncing, it will change your life.
August 16th, 2008 Heavy Metal
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1. alex g | September 4th, 2008 at 4:49 am
hey tzvi i got 4 wisdom teeth removed last night and your blog is really helping me recover. i remember 1977 like it was yesterday.
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