''Blam!'' is the third album by the

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-based duo

Brothers Johnson The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, ...

. Released in 1978, the album topped the ''Billboard'' R&B albums chart and reached number seven on the pop albums chart.

Track listing

#"Ain't We Funkin' Now" - ( Alex Weir, Louis Johnson,

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

, Tom Bahler, Valerie Johnson) 5:36 #"So Won't You Stay" - (

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

) 3:20 #"Blam!" - ( Alex Weir,

, George Johnson, Louis Johnson,

, Tom Bahler) 4:55 #"Rocket Countdown / Blastoff" - ( William Reichenbach,

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

) 0:51 #"Ride-O-Rocket" - (

Nickolas Ashford Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

Valerie Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

) 4:43 #"Mista' Cool" - (Ed Eckstine,

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

, Louis Johnson) 3:27 #"It's You Girl" - (George Johnson, Louis Johnson,

) 3:32 #"Streetwave" - ( Alex Weir, Jerry Hey, Louis Johnson, Wayne Vaughn) 5:09

Personnel

* 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" *

– synthesizer, electric piano *

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorde ...

– guitar *

Steve Khan Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn; April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist. Career Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles. His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, "loved to hear any and all versions of his songs". He took piano lessons as a ...

– guitar *

– drums * Steve Schaeffer – drums *

Wayne Vaughn Wayne Lee Vaughn is an American producer, keyboardist and arranger best known for his work with the band Earth, Wind & Fire. Vaughn has also worked with other preeminent artists such as The Brothers Johnson, Patti LaBelle, Jennifer Holliday, Troo ...

– electric piano, backing vocals *

Richard Tee Richard Edward Tee (born Richard Edward Ten Ryk; November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was an American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", "Slip ...

– electric piano, acoustic piano *

Eddie "Bongo" Brown Eddie "Bongo" Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) was an American musician born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown played congas, Bongo drum, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house ...

– percussion *

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, and film composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and M ...

– synthesizer * Lawrence Williams – synthesizer, saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet *

Kim Hutchcroft Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ...

– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute *

– trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, French horn * Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn, slide trumpet, piccolo trumpet * William Reichenbach – bass alto trombone *

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

– tenor saxophone * Steve Foreman – timpani * Babi Floyd – backing vocals * Bobby Rodriquez – backing vocals * Frank Floyd – backing vocals *

Gwen Guthrie Gwendolyn Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter and pianist who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made fa ...

– backing vocals * Kenny Pickens – backing vocals *

Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...

– 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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

External links

Brothers Johnson-Blam! at Discogs

References

{{Authority control 1978 albums The Brothers Johnson albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Quincy Jones Albums with cover art by Drew Struzan