Blam! is the third album by the Los Angeles -based duo the Brothers Johnson .[ 3] Released in 1978, the album topped the Billboard R&B albums chart and reached number seven on the pop albums chart.
Blam! Released 1978 Recorded 1978 Studio Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles; A & R Recording, New York City Genre
Length 31 :33 Label A&M Producer Quincy Jones
"Ain't We Funkin' Now" - (Alex Weir , Louis Johnson , Quincy Jones , Tom Bahler, Valerie Johnson) 5:36
"So Won't You Stay" - (David Foster , Harvey Mason ) 3:20
"Blam!" - (Weir, Foster, George Johnson, L. Johnson, Jones, Bahler) 4:55
"Rocket Countdown / Blastoff" - (William Reichenbach , Jerry Hey ) 0:51
"Ride-O-Rocket" - (Nickolas Ashford , Valerie Simpson ) 4:43
"Mista' Cool" - (Ed Eckstine, Larry Williams , L. Johnson) 3:27
"It's You Girl" - (G. Johnson, L. Johnson, Jones) 3:32
"Streetwave" - (Weir, Jerry Hey, L. Johnson, Wayne Vaughn) 5:05
George Johnson – lead guitar, lead and backing vocals
Louis Johnson – bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals
Alex Weir – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "It's You Girl"
David Foster – synthesizer, electric piano
Larry Carlton – guitar
Steve Khan – guitar
Harvey Mason – drums
Steve Schaeffer – drums
Wayne Vaughn – electric piano, backing vocals
Richard Tee – electric piano, acoustic piano
Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
Lawrence Williams – synthesizer, saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet
Kim Hutchcroft – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute
Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, French horn
Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn, slide trumpet, piccolo trumpet
William Reichenbach – bass alto trombone
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Steve Foreman – timpani
Babi Floyd – backing vocals
Bobby Rodriquez – backing vocals
Frank Floyd – backing vocals
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
Kenny Pickens – backing vocals
Patti Austin – backing vocals
Raymond Simpson – backing vocals
Richard Heath – backing vocals
Tom Bahler – backing vocals
Yollanda McCullough – backing vocals
Vivian Cherry – backing vocals
William Eaton – backing vocals
Zachary Sanders – backing vocals
Charts and certifications
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Year
Single
Chart positions[ 7]
US
US R&B
1978
"Ride-O-Rocket"
104
45
"Ain't We Funkin' Now"
102
45
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^ "The Brothers Johnson: Blam" . riaa.com . RIAA .