Jim Dandy Hot And Nasty Ramblin' Gamblin' Man Black Oak Arkansas

Jim Dandy Album: High on the Hog (1973)
Hot And Nasty Album: Black Oak Arkansas (1971)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man Album: Balls of Fire (1976)
by Black Oak Arkansas

"Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by Lincoln Chase, and was first recorded by American R&B singer LaVern Baker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the pop charts in the United States. It was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and was ranked #352 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

In 1973 the song was recorded by southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. It hit #25 on the pop chart and featured Jim Mangrum (who had already been using "Jim Dandy" as a stage name before they covered the song) and female vocalist Ruby Starr trading off vocals. It was the first single from their 1973 album High on the Hog, the band's most commercially successful album.

The song was featured in the 1972 John Waters film Pink Flamingos.
The Black Oak Arkansas recording of the song was used in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused.
A version by the Wright Brothers Band was used in the 1987 film Overboard.

James Mangrum (born March 30, 1948), better known as Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, is an American singer. He is the lead singer and frontman of the Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas, in which he is the sole remaining original member. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild stage antics.

Mangrum was born in the town of Benton Harbor, Michigan, where his Arkansas-born parents were working at the time. The family returned to their home state and raised Mangrum in the small town of Black Oak, Arkansas. He was brought up a Southern Baptist and attended Monette High School, in Monette, Arkansas.

While in high school, Mangrum and classmate Rickie Lee Reynolds formed a band named The Knowbody Else. For a season, Reynolds' younger brother, Danny, played bass guitar with the band. Ronnie Smith of Paragould, Arkansas, a close friend of theirs, joined the band as an additional vocalist and went on to become the band's stage production manager, continuing as stage manager long into the "Black Oak Arkansas" years. In 1966, Mangrum and members of the group stole musical equipment from Monette high school and Manila high school, and were arrested for grand larceny. They were sentenced to 26 years at the Tucker Prison Farm; however, the sentence was suspended. Mangrum and his group left Arkansas, and moved first to New Orleans, and then to Memphis, Tennessee. In 1970, they traveled to Los Angeles where they signed with Atco Records and released their self-titled first album with their new name Black Oak Arkansas.

In 1973, they released their most successful album, High on the Hog, which reached number 52 in the charts. One of the songs from the album, "Jim Dandy", which was a cover of the 1955 LaVern Baker song, reached number 25 in the Billboard chart, and became their best known single and Mangrum's signature song. It also featured female vocalist Ruby Starr, who traded off vocals with Mangrum.

Black Oak Arkansas is the name of the eponymous debut studio album, released in 1971 with track 5 being Hot And Nasty. Hot And Nasty is also the name of a greatest hits album released in 1992, Hot & Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas.

"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a song by Bob Seger. The song was originally released as a single in October 1968, then as a track on the album Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in April 1969. The single fared well, reaching No. 17 on the national charts. The original studio version, released in mono, had been unavailable to the public until it was included on Seger's compilation album Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (2011). It was Bob Seger's first top 20 hit.

Recorded by Black Oak Arkansas for their album Balls of Fire (1976) and by Sammy Hagar for his album Sammy Hagar & Friends (2013), "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" has also been performed in concert by such acts as Gov't Mule, The Black Keys, The Guess Who and Bruce Springsteen.

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man was used in the adventure comedy Joe Dirt (2001), Quentin Tarantino's movie and soundtrack for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

In 1982, he was involved in a car accident, and broke three vertebrae; however by 1984 he had recovered, and was back performing.