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Ruby Starr, born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak (November 30, 1949 – January 14, 1995), [1] was an American rock singer and recording artist who attained national prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, notably for her work with Black Oak Arkansas.
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.
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.
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Ruby Starr also toured intermittently with Black Oak during this period, and her raspy voice can be heard on the group's remake of LaVern Baker's 1957 hit "Jim Dandy (To The Rescue)", which reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]
On AllMusic, Donald A. Guarisco wrote "["Jim Dandy"] is definitely High on the Hog ' s undisputed highlight, but the other tracks surrounding it also have plenty to offer. . Although they were too eccentric a band to fit a strict "Southern rock" label à la Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas did have an ability to dish up both country and rock sounds with style.
Jim "Dandy" Mangrum - lead vocals, washboard; Rickie "Ricochet" Reynolds - 12-string rhythm guitar, vocals; Harvey "Burley" Jett - lead guitar, banjo, piano, vocals Stanley "Goober" Knight - lead and steel guitar, organ, vocals
Lincoln R. Chase (June 29, 1926 – October 6, 1980) was an American songwriter and occasional recording artist. As a writer, his most notable songs were "Such a Night", "Jim Dandy", and several of Shirley Ellis' hits in the early 1960s including "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song".