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James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Jr. (October 12, 1934 – September 15, 2012) was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans.He was the author of "Jock-A-Mo" (1954), which was later rerecorded as "Iko Iko" [1] by the Dixie Cups, and became a huge hit.
The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it failed to make the charts. The song first became popular in 1965 by the girl group the Dixie Cups , who scored an international hit with "Iko Iko".
Irving Banister returned to Sugar Boy Crawford's band. Crawford was attempting to restart his career, after a beating by Louisiana State Police left him out of action for two years. Sugar Boy's comeback was brief. Banister said, "He couldn't sing the fast numbers anymore so he retired." [2] After 1969 Sugar Boy sang only in church. [4]
Barbara Hawkins had heard her grandmother sing the song, first recorded in 1953 as "Jock-a-Mo" by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford. Barbara Hawkins stated that "We were just clowning around with it during a session using drumsticks on ashtrays. We didn't realize that Jerry and Mike had the tapes running".
Campbell teased a twist on the Sugar Plum dance, which the brothers famously performed at the end of the first film. “I promise you [it’s] good,” Campbell said of the sequel’s choreography.
“RFK Jr. allegedly intends to require the Coca-Cola company to revert back to the use of sugar cane instead of high fructose corn syrup. 1970’s coke was so much better,” the post, which does ...
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James "Sugar Boy" Crawford was first to popularize this rhythm on his 1954 hit "Jock-a-Mo." I wrote "Brother John's" lyrics with my uncle as a tribute to a friend—John 'Scarface' Williams—who had been killed a short time earlier." [11]