Editing Geno Washington (section)

==Background==
{{ main|Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band}}
Washington was stationed in England with the [[United States Air Force]] during the early 1960s.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1234}}</ref> While stationed in [[East Anglia]], Washington became known as a frequent stand-in at [[concert|gigs]] around London.<ref name="Larkin"/> When guitarist [[Pete Gage (guitarist)|Pete Gage]] saw him at a [[nightclub]] in 1965, he asked Washington to join his new group, that was to become [[Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band]].<ref name="Larkin"/>  Gage later formed [[Vinegar Joe (band)|Vinegar Joe]] with [[Elkie Brooks]] and [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]].<ref name="Larkin"/>  The band's name came from the [[Ram Jam Inn]], an old [[coaching inn]] on the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] (Great North Road) at [[Stretton, Rutland|Stretton]], near [[Oakham]], [[Rutland]].

The group had two of the biggest selling UK albums of the 1960s, both of which were live albums.<ref name="Larkin"/> Their most commercially successful album, ''Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!'', was in the [[UK Albums Chart]] for 38 weeks in 1966 and 1967, peaking at number 5 on the chart.  The other album was ''Hipster Flipsters Finger Poppin' Daddies'', which reached number 8 on the UK album chart.<ref>Martin Roach (ed.), ''Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'', 2009, p.292</ref>  The group had a number of moderate [[UK Singles Chart]] [[hit record|hits]] during 1966–67 on the [[Pye Records|Pye]] label: "Water" (which reached no. 39), "Hi Hi Hazel" (no. 45), "Que Sera Sera" (no. 43) and "Michael (The Lover)" (no. 39).<ref name="Larkin"/> They managed to build up a strong following with the crowds due to their energetic tour performances.<ref name="Larkin"/> Like their Pye label mates and rivals [[Jimmy James (singer)|Jimmy James and the Vagabonds]], they became popular with the [[Mod (subculture)|mod]] scene.  The band broke up in the autumn of 1969, with the band members going their own ways while Geno Washington continued as a solo artist, prior to returning to the United States.<ref name="Larkin"/>  Keyboard player [[Geoffrey K. Pullum|Geoff Pullum]] became an academic linguist, and is today emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/longer_bio.html |title=Geoffrey K. Pullum: Curriculum Vitae |publisher=Lel.ed.ac.uk |date=November 9, 2009 |accessdate=2012-04-29}}</ref>