"Black Betty"

This is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly". "Black Betty" became a regional hit, then was picked up by record producers in New York who formed a group called Ram Jam. They re-released the song and it became a hit nationally. The rest of the tracks on the first album containing "Black Betty" was played by the Ram Jam line-up, as well as the first tour backing up the single . Australian band SpiderBait released a version which reached #1 on the in Australia May 2004 and stayed there for three weeks. This version was later accredited double platinum in Australia and was the third-best-selling single in Australia in 2004.