Recorded ca. 1966, prod. by Byron Lee with The
Maytals
Released as:
The Maytals: Bam Bam (7"-side: BMN /Jamaica)
re-released on:
Various: From 'Bam Bam' To 'Cherry Oh! Baby'
(LP: 1972)
The Maytals: Bla-Bla-Bla (CD: 1993)
The song is directly adressing the
rudies and "a statement about personal dignity with Toots declaring "But
if you trouble this man / it will bring bam bam what a bam bam."" (Barrows/Dalton
1997) Bam Bam was the number one song of the first Jamaican Festival Song
Contest in 1966.
Toots
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