https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:41:15 +0000 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:20:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10324 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67644&title=silver-wham-bam#67644 Author: Hykker
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Posted: 31 December 2025 at 7:20am

Brent Mydland, who later went on to join the Grateful Dead was also a member of this group.]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:20:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67644&title=silver-wham-bam#67644 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67643&title=silver-wham-bam#67643 Author: eriejwg
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Posted: 30 December 2025 at 10:35pm

From the 45cat site and mentioned briefly above -

"According to American Top 40, Silver (lead by John Batdorf of the duo Batdorf and Rodney) really disliked the song and resisted recording it. Arista's Clive Davis was convinced of the songs potential and not only pressed the group to record it, but to release it as their debut single.

Apparently the song was shortened from "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang" to just "Wham Bam" at the insistence of the Bay City Rollers (also on Arista) who had a UK hit earlier in 1974 called "Shang-A-Lang" and feared confusion."

John Batdorf still performs to this day. For those of you on Facebook, he loves when he hears his deeper track material on SXM's Deep Tracks channel and he posts about it on Facebook.]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:35:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67643&title=silver-wham-bam#67643 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67642&title=silver-wham-bam#67642 Author: rnell
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Posted: 30 December 2025 at 5:24pm

Memory was released in Europe as the second single and is quite good. The Cd was released by RCA/Arista in the 90s and 2000s.]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:24:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67642&title=silver-wham-bam#67642 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67641&title=silver-wham-bam#67641 Author: Santi Paradoa
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Posted: 30 December 2025 at 4:20pm

Paul Haney wrote: FWIW, the Billboard Hot 100 showed the full title until the chart dated August 14, 1976 (its 9th week on the Hot 100), when they shortened the title to just "Wham Bam."

Yes indeed. At number 33 with a star that week. Silver only had a total of three singles plus one album released. I don't recall hearing any other songs by the group.]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:20:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67641&title=silver-wham-bam#67641 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67640&title=silver-wham-bam#67640 Author: Paul Haney
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Posted: 30 December 2025 at 9:01am

FWIW, the Billboard Hot 100 showed the full title until the chart dated August 14, 1976 (its 9th week on the Hot 100), when they shortened the title to just "Wham Bam."]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:01:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67640&title=silver-wham-bam#67640 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67639&title=silver-wham-bam#67639 Author: AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 30 December 2025 at 5:42am

I seem to recall the title was shortened midstream because the 'Shang-A-Lang' in the title was too bubblegummy.

The record is not a bubblegum song. It is a wuss-rock song.

(The band hated the song.)

Andy]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:42:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67639&title=silver-wham-bam#67639 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67638&title=silver-wham-bam#67638 Author: rnell
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Posted: 29 December 2025 at 4:44pm

Strange decision given the fact that BCR's Shang-a-lang was never a hit in the USA. I wonder if name change by Arista was made while single was climbing the chart or after it had peaked. I also have the spanish 7" with the Wham Bam Shang-a-lang name.]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:44:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67638&title=silver-wham-bam#67638 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67637&title=silver-wham-bam#67637 Author: Santi Paradoa
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Posted: 29 December 2025 at 3:43pm

The early 45 pressings had the Shang-A-Lang, but eventually the later 45 pressings had the shortened title.

The Bay City Rollers had a 1974 UK #2 hit with a song titled "Shang-A-Lang." Both artists were on the same Arista label.

Looks like the decision was made to shorten the title on the Silver release to avoid confusion. ]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:43:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67637&title=silver-wham-bam#67637 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67636&title=silver-wham-bam#67636 Author: rnell
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Posted: 29 December 2025 at 2:44pm

Does anybody know the story behind this single being issued with two different names: I have two singles under the same Arista number (AS 0189) with different names: Wham Bam and Wham Bam Shang-a-lang. ]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:44:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10324&PID=67636&title=silver-wham-bam#67636