What was the last number one by The Jam
"The Jam after a short concert tour of the UK had been completed. They also made their final appearances on ""Top of the Pops"" and ""The Tube"" to promote ""Beat Surrender"". The tour included five consecutive nights at the Wembley Arena, all of which sold out within twenty minutes of tickets becoming available. The last date on the original itinerary had been scheduled for 10 December 1982 at Guildford Civic Hall, close to the band's hometown of Woking. However, due to ticket demand, an additional date was added at the Brighton Conference Centre on 11 December 1982 for their last"
"""censored"" single version of ""The Modern World"", and added the single ""All Around the World"" which was released in the UK between their first two albums. ""All Around the World"" had been their biggest UK hit to date, peaking at No. 13, a placement they would not match until 1979 when ""The Eton Rifles"" peaked at No. 3. Thereafter, no domestically released single by The Jam would ever reach a peak position lower than No. 4. The only single from the album was the censored version of ""The Modern World"", peaking at No. 36 in the UK Singles Chart. This"
"Albums Chart), taking its place at 201 while at 20 in the UK Albums Chart. Their most successful studio album was their final album ""The Gift"" in 1982 which took its place at Number #1 in the UK and at #82 in the US. The Jam were seen as the centre of mod revival culture during the 1970s to the 1980s, and the lead singer of the band, Paul Weller, was seen as ""The Modfather"". The band separated in 1982, following ten years active, and five years of success. Shortly after the band's break-up, Weller went on to form The"
"The sleeve for the single, including the 12"" and the double single pack, featured Gill Price, Weller's girlfriend at the time. ""Beat Surrender"" was previewed live on the first episode of ""The Tube"", on 5 November 1982. Beat Surrender ""Beat Surrender"" was The Jam's final single, and was released on 22 November 1982. It became the band's fourth No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1982. The song's title was a play on words combining the title of the 1979 Anita Ward disco single ""Sweet Surrender"" with the British traditional military term of Beating"
"The Gift (the Jam album) The Gift is the sixth and final studio album by English new wave/mod revival band the Jam. It was originally released on 12 March 1982 by Polydor as the follow-up to The Jam's critically and commercially successful 1980 album ""Sound Affects"". The songs were largely recorded during 1981 to 1982, assisted by Peter Wilson, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It was one of the band's most successful studio albums, reaching No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart. After the album's release, the"
"The Jam discography The discography of the British band The Jam consists of 6 studio albums, 3 live albums, 14 compilation albums, 6 videos, 1 tribute album, 3 extended plays, 19 hit singles and 16 re-issues, as well as two B-Sides. The band, who formed in 1972, didn't debut until five years later in 1977, when they released their debut studio album ""In the City"", which entered at #20 place in the UK Albums Chart, and contained the title-track, ""In the City"". Their second album, ""This Is the Modern World"", was the first to get into the Billboard 200 (US"
"Beat Surrender ""Beat Surrender"" was The Jam's final single, and was released on 22 November 1982. It became the band's fourth No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1982. The song's title was a play on words combining the title of the 1979 Anita Ward disco single ""Sweet Surrender"" with the British traditional military term of Beating Retreat signaling a withdrawal. Paul Weller, the lead vocalist/frontman of ""The Jam"" wrote the song as a valediction for the end of the band's career, which he broke up by walking away from shortly after its release."
"Jam (album) Jam is the third studio album by British rock band Little Angels. It peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart in 1993. > The album features the band's biggest hit, ""Womankind"", which peaked at no. 12 during a five-week stay in the UK charts. The single ""Too Much Too Young"" features Canadian singer Bryan Adams on backup vocals, and also became a significant hit for the group, reaching no. 22. ""Soap Box"" and ""Sail Away"" were lesser hits, peaking at no. 33 and no. 45 respectively. Allmusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, saying it"
"band."" Cameron has since become the longest serving drummer of the band. McCready stated that Cameron has made Pearl Jam ""into a way better band."" In 1998, Pearl Jam, with Cameron on drums, recorded ""Last Kiss"", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. It was released on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. ""Last Kiss"" peaked at number two on the ""Billboard"" charts and became the band's highest-charting single. In 2000, the band released its"
"Ram Jam (album) Ram Jam is the debut studio album by American rock band Ram Jam in 1977. The first track on the album, the single ""Black Betty"", is Ram Jam's best known song. It went to #7 on the UK singles chart in September 1977. The album reached #34 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in the United States. The band was re-christened ""American Ram Jam"" for the UK market to avoid confusion with a UK band with the same name. In 1996, the album was reissued on CD as ""Golden Classics"" with a bonus track, ""I Should Have"
"U.S., the album spent 16 weeks on the ""Billboard 200"" album charts and reached its peak position of No. 82 in May 1982. The Gift (the Jam album) The Gift is the sixth and final studio album by English new wave/mod revival band the Jam. It was originally released on 12 March 1982 by Polydor as the follow-up to The Jam's critically and commercially successful 1980 album ""Sound Affects"". The songs were largely recorded during 1981 to 1982, assisted by Peter Wilson, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work."
"Pearl Jam (album) Pearl Jam (sometimes referred to as The Avocado Album or simply Avocado) is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 2, 2006 on J Records. It was the first and only release for J Records, their last album issued by Sony Music. It was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, since ""Riot Act"" (2002). Following their performances at the Vote For Change tour in 2004, the band commenced work on ""Pearl Jam"" in November 2004 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington and finished in February 2006."
"North"", under The JAMs' moniker. The single, ""What Time Is Love?"", was released in August 1990. The follow-up, ""3 a.m. Eternal"", was released in January 1991. The album ""The White Room"" followed in March 1991. The KLF's chart success continued with the single ""Last Train to Trancentral"" hitting number two in the UK, and number three in the Eurochart Hot 100. In December 1991, a re-working of a song from ""1987"", ""Justified & Ancient"" was released, featuring Tammy Wynette. It was another international hit—peaking at number two in the UK, and number 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100—as was """"."
"Ram Jam Ram Jam was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1977, predominantly known for their hit single ""Black Betty"" in 1977. The band consisted of Bill Bartlett (guitar), Howie Arthur Blauvelt (bass), Pete Charles (drums), and Myke Scavone (lead vocals). Jimmy Santoro, who toured with the band in support of their debut album, joined on guitar for the follow-up album. Bartlett was formerly lead guitarist for bubblegum group the Lemon Pipers, while Blauvelt played with Billy Joel in several bands: the Echoes (also renamed the Lost Souls and then the Commandos), the Hassles and El"
"""had all the ingredients of a major rock album -- powerful melodic guitar-based songs [...and] softer ballads"". Jam (album) Jam is the third studio album by British rock band Little Angels. It peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart in 1993. > The album features the band's biggest hit, ""Womankind"", which peaked at no. 12 during a five-week stay in the UK charts. The single ""Too Much Too Young"" features Canadian singer Bryan Adams on backup vocals, and also became a significant hit for the group, reaching no. 22. ""Soap Box"" and ""Sail Away"" were lesser hits, peaking"
"number of people buying import sales of the German and Dutch single releases. The Jam still hold the record for the best-selling import-only singles in the UK charts. As the band's popularity increased, however, Weller became restless and wanted to explore a more soulful, melodic style of music with a broader instrumentation, and in consequence in 1982 he announced that The Jam would disband at the end of that year. The action came as a surprise to Foxton and Buckler who both felt that the band was still a creative formation with scope to develop further professionally, but Weller was"
"boring pretty ... quick."" I ""Inside Job"" contains a brief instrumental hidden track at 6:35. II ""Wasted Reprise"" contains a reprise of ""Life Wasted"". Pearl Jam Additional musicians and production Pearl Jam (album) Pearl Jam (sometimes referred to as The Avocado Album or simply Avocado) is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 2, 2006 on J Records. It was the first and only release for J Records, their last album issued by Sony Music. It was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, since ""Riot Act"" (2002). Following their"
"years and becoming the band's first number one on that chart since ""Who You Are"" in 1996. ""World Wide Suicide"" was also the band's first number one single of any sort in eight years (since ""Given to Fly"" reached number one on the Mainstream Rock chart in 1998). ""World Wide Suicide"" was the most successful song from ""Pearl Jam"" on the American rock charts. The song peaked at number 41 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number two on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number one on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song spent a total of"
"US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and hitting number one in 18 countries. Despite its success, ""Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)"" was the final release by the KLF through retail channels as well the second-to-last altogether release from the KLF (the last release being the mail-order only re-recording of ""3 a.m. Eternal"" with Extreme Noise Terror) before Drummond and Cauty quit the music business and retired the KLF name. The title ""Justified & Ancient"" refers to the KLF's pseudonym and earlier incarnation, ""The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu"" (The JAMs). The JAMs took their name from a fictional subversive cult"
"That's Entertainment (The Jam song) ""That's Entertainment"" is a 1980 song by British punk-mod revivalist group the Jam from their fifth album, ""Sound Affects"". Although never released as a domestic single in the UK during the band's lifetime, ""That's Entertainment"" nonetheless charted as an import single (backed by a live version of ""Down in the Tube Station at Midnight""), peaking at No. 21. It was given its first full UK release in 1983 and peaked at No. 60. A second reissue in 1991 also made the top 50. The song remains one of the two all-time biggest selling import singles"
"blend of Weller's barbed lyrics with pop melodies eventually led to their first number one single, ""Going Underground"", in March 1980. They became the only band other than the Beatles to perform both sides of the same single (""Town Called Malice"" and ""Precious"") on one edition of ""Top of the Pops"". The Jam even had two singles, ""That's Entertainment"" and ""Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"", reach No. 21 and No. 8 respectively in the UK singles chart despite not even being released as singles in the UK – they got there purely on the strength of the huge"
"that these songs were never re-issued on any other Jam compilation. In 2006, Universal Music re-released the album in its entirety on CD for the first time, again with initial copies including the limited edition live EP. Prior to this, it had only been available in abbreviated form as the single CD ""Compact Snap!"", which contained only 21 of the 29 tracks from the original double album. Snap! (album) Snap! is a greatest hits album by The Jam, released in 1983, one year after the group disbanded. The double-album includes all sixteen of the band's UK singles, plus some B-sides,"
"Known"", which was originally the B-side to the ""Black Betty"" single. Production Ram Jam (album) Ram Jam is the debut studio album by American rock band Ram Jam in 1977. The first track on the album, the single ""Black Betty"", is Ram Jam's best known song. It went to #7 on the UK singles chart in September 1977. The album reached #34 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in the United States. The band was re-christened ""American Ram Jam"" for the UK market to avoid confusion with a UK band with the same name. In 1996, the album was reissued"
"label Unicorn Records, included the only three tracks recorded by the band. In 2002 a compilation album, ""One More Time"", assembled recorded material from the Time UK and Sharp, including several previously unreleased tracks. Time UK (band) Time UK were a mid-1980s English rock band, featuring Rick Buckler the former drummer with The Jam. The group released three singles. On 30 October 1982, The Jam issued a handwritten statement announcing their split. A final single ""Beat Surrender"" went straight to number one and a farewell tour culminated in a final gig at the Brighton Centre on 11 December 1982. After"
"Funeral Pyre ""Funeral Pyre"" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981. Backed by the B-side ""Disguises"", a cover of a Who track, it reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. ""Funeral Pyre"" is the only single co-written by the band, and only the second song which has writing credits for all three members, the other being ""Music for the Last Couple"" which features on the ""Sound Affects"" album. The song begins as a studio jam between drummer Rick Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton, with Paul Weller's contribution coming later. The song does not appear on any"
"the Ram Jam lineup. Even though the song was credited to Huddie Ledbetter, the NAACP and Congress of Racial Equality called for a boycott due to the lyrics. The boycott failed, however, and ""Black Betty"" reached number 18 on the singles chart in 1977 in the U.S. and Top Ten in the United Kingdom and Australia, while the ""Ram Jam"" album reached the U.S. Top 40. It was also a hit in the Netherlands, reaching number 4. Their subsequent album ""Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram"" achieved little success, despite the addition of Long Island, New York, lead"
"number 25 R&B in the fall of 1982 while the album went to number 27 R&B in late 1982. Jam and Lewis took over the production duties on their fourth album, ""On The Rise"", scoring with the number two hit ""Just Be Good To Me"" and the number five beatbox ballad ""Tell Me If You Still Care"". ""On The Rise"" became their second gold album, hitting number seven R&B in the summer of 1983. The formula continued to work: ""Just The Way You Like It"" (including the number six R&B single ""Just The Way You Like It"") went to number"
"JAMs to recall and destroy all unsold copies of ""1987"". A new single, ""Whitney Joins The JAMs"", followed, along with a satirically edited version of the album, """", and the debut release from spinoff project Disco 2000, ""I Gotta CD"". By the time of the release of ""Whitney Joins The JAMs"", the duo's independent record label had been renamed KLF Communications, and in the coming year The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu would mutate into The KLF. In the meantime, ""Down Town"" was The JAMs' and KLF Communications' final release of 1987, a 7"" and 12"" single release of 30"
"have also been released. A five-CD box set ""Direction Reaction Creation"", featuring all of The Jam's studio material (plus a disc of rarities) peaked at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart upon its release in 1997; an unprecedented achievement for a box set. In 2002, Virgin Radio counted down the top 100 British music artists of all-time as polled by listeners and The Jam were No. 5 on the list. Weller made two other appearances in the poll; as part of The Style Council at No. 93 and as a solo artist at No. 21. In 2006, Rick Buckler,"
"Snap! (album) Snap! is a greatest hits album by The Jam, released in 1983, one year after the group disbanded. The double-album includes all sixteen of the band's UK singles, plus some B-sides, album tracks and rarities. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called it ""one of the ""greatest"" greatest-hits albums of all time"". Initial quantities of the album included a limited edition 4 track EP, ""Live"", recorded at Wembley Arena during the farewell tour of 1982. Featuring the tracks ""Get Yourself Together"", ""Move On Up"", ""The Great Depression"" and ""But I'm Different Now"", the EP is notable for the fact"
"Jamie single ""Runaway Pony""/""Just Because"" was issued in 1962. Another Jamie group were the Jordan Brothers from Frackville, Pennsylvania. Their first release was ""Send Me Your Picture"" and their biggest hit, ""Gimme Some Lovin'"", was released in the US before the more successful version by the Spencer Davis Group. The Jordans toured with Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars bus tour and appeared on Philadelphia and New Jersey-based TV shows. The last major charting record on Jamie was released in 1966, when the label issued Crispian St. Peters' ""The Pied Piper"" in the US (No. 4). Afterwards, the hits came out"
"This Is the Modern World This Is the Modern World is the second studio album by British band The Jam, released in November 1977. The album was released less than seven months after their debut album, ""In the City"", and reached No. 22 in the UK Albums Chart. Although generally met with negative reviews by music critics upon release, ""This Is the Modern World"" has been described as being an album ""with far more light and shade"" than the band's debut album. The front cover photography was by Gered Mankowitz. The US release had a different track order, included the"
"61508). It contains yet another re-make of ""Black Betty"" entitled ""Black Betty '95"", now with a more dance-oriented touch. Howie Blauvelt died in 1993, and Pete Charles (full name Peter Charles Picardio) died in 2002. Scavone continues to write and record original music with the Doughboys. In 2015, Scavone was recruited to play harmonica, percussion and backing vocals with his longtime heroes, The Yardbirds. Ram Jam Ram Jam was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1977, predominantly known for their hit single ""Black Betty"" in 1977. The band consisted of Bill Bartlett (guitar), Howie Arthur Blauvelt"