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Ram Jam wrote Black Betty. Not Lynard Skynard.
Ram Jam Did Not Write Black Betty...they just recorded. The Original was Lead Belly. He was a blues singer of the early 1900's & wrote & performed Black Betty in 1933. Ram Jam, Spiderbate and Tom Jones recorded the song. Tom Jones is the Only one giving credit to Lead Belly
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ViviSorry, "Lead Belly" did not write the song "Black Betty". He arranged a very old (circa 1700's) British pub song... turned Revolutionary War American patriot marching song... turned slave work song... turned prison chain gang song... whew... and recorded his version of it in 1939. (Another singer, "Ironhead" Baker recorded it in 1933, but it never went anywhere.) It has since been recorded God knows how many times, by various artists... including Spiderbate and Tom Jones... but none made it as big as Ram Jam did with their version, recorded in 1977.
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Did thin Lizzie record the song black betty?
he did "record" a black betty version, as did many other artists. it's on the album "Privat 2" http://daz.com/releases/Lynyrd%20Skynyrd/privat%202.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Betty *************EDIT: The original Skynyrd, with Ronnie Van Zant as the main vocalist, never recorded Black Betty. It is possible they covered the song, as it was popular back then, but it was not released on any of their albums. Somebody listed Black Betty as being done by Skynyrd on Limewire, but this version was not them. As for the Tribute Band (or, Current Lynyrd Skynyrd), I don't know, but there is no album entitled "Private 2", so the guy that typed what's up there was wrong. As well, Skynyrd is not a "He", it was a band (Ronnie Van Zant on vocals, Allen Collins, Gary Rossingon, Steve Gaines/Ed King on guitar, Leon Wilkeson on bass, and Artimus Pyle/Bob Burns on drums). ************** IMPROVEMENT: The song that's on Limewire and claims to be Lynyrd Skynyrd is a group called Ram Jet that recorded the song in 1977 and released as the first trach on their album "Ram Jet". NOT LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Who is black betty about?
There are many theories but I have heard that a "Black Betty" was a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock. In the song "bam-ba-lam" refers to the sound of the gunfire. And her child is kills she made. But Black Betty is an old African American slave song so who really knows. Other Theories Black Betty is a Black Chick... Black Betty is a VD... Black Betty is the stocks that misbehaving slaves where taken to be shot at.
What song titles have Betty in them?
Off the top of my head, Back Seat Betty by Miles Davis, Betty by Taylor Swift, Betty Boop by Charlie Puth, Black Betty by Ram Jam, and Pretty Betty by Bobby Darin. Hope this helps!
Who wrote black betty?
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter.
Who did the remake of Black Betty song?
black betty was originally written by a soul singer named muddy ledbeter in 1918 about a black cleaner. it was then covered by ram jam in the 60's and was almost banned as it was considered racist (which is ironic as it was written by a black man about a black woman) it was covered yet again by spiderbait around 2005-06
