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10 June 2007

I have always liked the song Iko Iko aka Jock-A-Mo and thought it was a song of Caribbean origin but it is in fact a New Orleans song. Written by James "Sugarboy" Crawford and first recorded in 1953 by James as Sugar Boy & the Cane Cutters. He never got paid royalties
→[More:] despite the fact that it has been recorded by multiple artists every decade since. It was first made popular outside of NOLA by the 1964 recording by The Dixie Cups.

post by: arse_hat at: 23:13 | 9 comments

Aaron Carter
Belle Stars
Breit 'n' Wark
Buckwheat Zydeco
Captain Jack
Cyndi Lauper
Dixie Cups
Dr John
Grateful Dead
Indigo Girls
Mink De Ville
The Grateful Dead
Zap Mama

Here. 52MB

posted by arse_hat 10 June | 23:13

There is a regional gas station called ICO, and they've done rips of that song for their jingles.

posted by edgeways 10 June | 23:23

Wow! Thanks, arse_hat. I may have something in exchange in a little bit.

posted by bmarkey 10 June | 23:47

Cool, bmarkey.

posted by arse_hat 10 June | 23:48

Sorry. I got into a political discussion with Science Girl and was sidetracked. Soon come.

posted by bmarkey 11 June | 01:33

AWE. SOME.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 June | 06:39

Woah. Thanks!

posted by JanetLand 11 June | 09:32

Thanks arse.
I put these in a playlist, and the play times are kinda funny: 2:54, 3:21, 3:48, 11:16, see if you can guess which is the grateful dead version.

posted by Capn 11 June | 09:39

belle stars and indigo girls are the same version. same file size. same in all respects.

posted by quonsar 11 June | 21:38

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