Whammer Jammer
The J. Geils Band’s 1971 recording of “Whammer Jammer” is the earliest release on file. Stephen Bladd, Jay Geils, Seth Justman, Danny Klein, Richard Salwitz and Peter Wolf are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Schwoißfuaß (released 1998) and Magic Dick & Jay Geils (released 2008), among 17 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Missy Elliott’s “Partytime” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Six writers from a 1971 record called Whammer Jammer sit on the credits of Partytime, Jay Geils among them. Play the old one first, then hear what Missy built on top of it.
Credited writers: Stephen Bladd, Jay Geils, Seth Justman, Danny Klein, Richard Salwitz and Peter Wolf.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1971.
Missy Elliott’s “Partytime” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Schwoißfuaß1998
- Magic Dick & Jay Geils2008
17 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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