Some songs never die.
My fave is still Cindy Laupers:
But you can't deny the charm of Captain Jack and company:
Belle Stars' version for Rain Man was not bad;
And one of the early ones, the Dixie Cups:
I get the impression that like with The Lion Sleeps Tonight, the origin of the song is sort of lost in the mists of time.
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"...like with The Lion Sleeps Tonight, the origin of the song is sort of lost in the mists of time."
Why did you say that? Solomon Linda & Sonny Bono: compare and contrast.
http://thurly.net//o59
http://thurly.net//o58
James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford:
http://thurly.net//o5d
To be as tolerant as possible, the original song was entitled 'Jock-A-Mo', although there is a Wikipedia entry for 'Iko Iko' that would have led you to the information:
http://thurly.net//o5e
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