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Iko Iko Dixie Cups The Belle Stars coverlive by Bill Sharkey
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Iko Iko (Dixie Cups, The, 1965; Belle Stars, 1989). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2021-07-21. Keeping the Oldies Alive • To view all Bill Sharkey's music videos click here: / billsharkey • Iko Iko, also known as Jock-A-Mo, was originally released in 1953 by James Sugar Boy Crawford and his Cane Cutters; however, the song did not chart. In 1965, the Dixie Cups' version rose to the #20 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart followed in 1972 with Dr. John's version (#71), and then Belle Stars' take in 1989 was the highest charted version hitting the #14 position on the chart. In an interview with Offbeat Magazine in 2002, James Crawford was asked where the song came from. He said it came from a couple of Indian chants that he put music to (K. Spera, nola.com, 2012). He was then asked what Jock-A-Mo means. He said: I really don’t know (laughs). It wasn’t my idea to call the song “Jock-A-Mo”—Leonard Chess did that. . . . I’m singing C-H-O-C-K, as in Chockamo. Not J-O-C-K, as in Jock-A-Mo. When Leonard listened to the session in Chicago, he thought I said 'Jock-A-Mo.' When I saw the record for the first time I said, 'That’s not the title, it’s ‘Chock-A-Mo’” (musicandculture.blogspot.com, 2009). James Crawford died September 15, 2012, at the age of 77 (obits.nola.com, 2012). In the Dixie Cups' version, they only used a chair, drumstick, Coke bottle, ashtray, and drums as accompaniment (songfacts.com, 2021). • Rumble Channel: • https://rumble.com/c/BillSharkey • Bandcamp Channel: • https://billsharkey.bandcamp.com • Youtube Channel: • / billsharkey • #billsharkey • Lyrics: • My grandma and your grand-ma were sit-tin' by the fire • My grandma told your grand-ma I'm gon-na set your flag on fire • Talk-in' 'bout, hey now hey now I-ko, I-ko, un-day • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né • Look at my king all dressed in red I-ko, I-ko, un-day • I bet-cha five dol-lars he'll kill you dead, jock-a-mo fee na-né • Talk-in' 'bout, hey now hey now I-ko, I-ko, un-day • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né • My flag boy and your flag boy were sit-tin' by the fire • My flag boy told your flag boy I'm gon-na set your flag on fire • Talk-in' 'bout, hey now hey now I-ko, I-ko, un-day • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né • See that guy all dressed in green I-ko, I-ko, un-day • He's not a man, he's a lov-in' ma-chine jock-a mo fee na-né • Talk-in' 'bout, hey now hey now I-ko, I-ko, un-day • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né • Talk-in' 'bout, hey now hey now I-ko, I-ko, un-day • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né • Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né
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