𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐭 - 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 - 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚w

Bill Bartlett had been in the Lemon Pipers and then formed a group called Starstruck. 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. “Black Betty“ became a regional hit. Producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz in New York formed a group around Bartlett called Ram Jam. They re-released the song, and it became a hit nationally. In 2004, Australian alternative rock band Spiderbait released a version of “Black Betty“ as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Tonight Alright, on March 15. Produced by Sylvia Massy, this version is a slightly faster re-working of Ram Jam’s hard rock arrangement. The song was a hit in Australia, reaching number one on the ARIA Singles Chart in May 2004, becoming Spiderbait’s first number-one single in Australia. The song was released as Spiderbait’s debut single in the United States on October 18, 2004, reaching