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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Iko Iko revisited

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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2 comments:

  1. hairha3 Jun 2010, 19:51:00

    "...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

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  2. skies3 Jun 2010, 19:55:00

    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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