Iko Iko WikipediaIko Iko is a much covered. New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title Jock A Mo, was written and released as a single in 1. Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters that failed to make the charts. The song first became popular in 1. The Dixie Cups, who scored an international hit with Iko Iko. In 1. 96. 7 as part of a lawsuit settlement between Sugar Boy James Crawford and the Dixie Cups, the trio were given part songwriting credit to the song. This is featured post 1 title. You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured. In 1. 97. 2, Dr. John had a minor hit with his version of Iko Iko. The most successful charting version in the UK was recorded by Scottish singer Natasha England who took her 1. 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The single features Dave Lastie on tenor saxophone. Crawfords version of the song did not make the charts. The story tells of a spy boy i. Indians encountering the flag boy or guidon carrier for another tribe. He threatens to set the flag on fire. Crawford set phrases chanted by Mardi Gras Indians to music for the song. Crawford himself states that he has no idea what the words mean, and that he originally sang the phrase Chock a mo, but the title was misheard by Chess Records and Checker Records president Leonard Chess, who misspelled it as Jock a mo for the records release. Sugar Boy Crawfords storyeditJames Sugar Boy Crawford, gave a 2. Off. Beat Magazine discussing the songs meaning 2Interviewer How did you construct Jock A MoCrawford It came from two Indian chants that I put music to. Iko Iko was like a victory chant that the Indians would shout. Jock A Mo was a chant that was called when the Indians went into battle. I just put them together and made a song out of them. 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The Dixie Cups versioneditBackgroundeditThe Dixie Cups version was the result of an unplanned jam in a New York City recording studio where they began an impromptu version of Iko Iko, accompanying themselves with drumsticks on an aluminum chair, a studio ashtray and a Coke bottle. After their producers cleaned up the track and added the backup vocals, bass and drums to the song, the single was then released in March 1. The Dixie Cups scored an international hit single with Iko Iko in May 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00 chart where their version peaked at number 2. Top 1. 00. 5 The song also charted at number 2. UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 2. R B Chart. 6 In Canada Iko Iko reached number 2. RPM Chart. 7 It was the third single taken from their debut studio album Chapel of Love issued on Red Bird Records in August 1. The Dixie Cups had learned Iko, Iko from hearing the Hawkins sisters grandmother sing it,3 but they knew little about the origin of the song and so the original authorship credit went to the members, Barbara Ann Hawkins, her sister Rosa Lee Hawkins, and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson. The Dixie Cups version was later included on the soundtrack to the 1. The Big Easy. This same version was also used on the soundtrack of the 2. The Skeleton Key. In 2. 00. 9, a version based on The Dixie Cups was used in an ad for Lipton. Rainforest Alliance Ice Tea. Legal battleseditAfter the Dixie Cups version of Iko Iko was a hit in 1. Red Bird Records, were sued by James Crawford, who claimed that Iko Iko was the same as his composition Jock a mo. Although The Dixie Cups denied that the two compositions were similar, the lawsuit resulted in a settlement in 1. Crawford making no claim to authorship or ownership of Iko Iko,1. Iko Iko in the United States. Even though a back to back listening of the two recordings clearly demonstrates that Iko Iko was practically the same song as Crawfords Jock a mo, Crawfords rationale for the settlement was motivated by years of legal battles with no royalties. In the end, he stated, I dont even know if I really am getting my just dues. I just figure 5. 0 percent of something is better than 1. In the 1. 99. 0s, the Dixie Cups became aware that another group of people were claiming authorship of Iko Iko. Their ex manager Joe Jones and his family filed a copyright registration in 1. Joe Jones successfully licensed Iko Iko outside of North America. The Dixie Cups filed a lawsuit against Joe Jones. The trial took place in New Orleans and the Dixie Cups were represented by well known music attorney Oren Warshavsky before Senior Federal Judge Peter Beer. The jury returned a unanimous verdict on March 6, 2. Dixie Cups were the only writers of Iko Iko and granting them more money than they were seeking. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict and sanctioned Joe Jones. Chart performanceeditDr. John versioneditBackgroundeditNew Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John covered Iko Iko in 1. Dr. Johns Gumbo. Released as a single in March 1. Atco Records, his version of the song charted at number 7. Billboard Hot 1. 00 chart. Biography Movies Watch Year Of The Fish. It was produced by Jerry Wexler and Harold Battiste. The following is the Iko Iko story, as told by Dr. John in the liner notes to his 1. Dr. Johns Gumbo, in which he covers New Orleans R B classics The song was written and recorded back in the early 1. New Orleans singer named James Crawford who worked under the name of Sugar Boy the Cane Cutters. It was recorded in the 1. Dixie Cups for Jerry Leiber Mike Stollers Red Bird Records, but the format were following here is Sugar Boys original. Also in the group were Professor Longhair on piano, Jake Myles, Big Boy Myles, Irv Bannister on guitar, and Eugene Bones Jones on drums. The group was also known as the Chipaka Shaweez. The song was originally called Jockamo, and it has a lot of Creole patois in it. Jockamo means jester in the old myth. It is Mardi Gras music, and the Shaweez was one of many Mardi Gras groups who dressed up in far out Indian costumes and came on as Indian tribes. The tribes used to hang out on Claiborne Avenue and used to get juiced up there getting ready to perform and second line in their own special style during Mardi Gras. Thats dead and gone because theres a freeway where those grounds used to be. The tribes were like social clubs who lived all year for Mardi Gras, getting their costumes together. Many of them were musicians, gamblers, hustlers and pimps. The song was performed by Dr. John during halftime of the 2. NBA All Star Game in New Orleans and again in 2. Chart performanceeditChart 1. Peakposition. U. S. Billboard. Hot 1. Natasha versioneditIko IkoSingle by Natashafrom the album Captured. B sideI Should Have KnownI Still Love You 1. Released. 19. 82 UKFormat. Recorded. 19. 82. Genre. Pop. Label. Towerbell. SongwritersBarbara Hawkins, Rosa Hawkins, Joan Johnson. ProducersTom Newman. Natasha singles chronologyStrangest Feeling1. Iko Iko1. 98. 2The Boom Boom Room1. Strangest Feeling1. Iko Iko1. 98. 2The Boom Boom Room1. BackgroundeditThe most successful charting version in the UK was recorded by the Scottish singer Natasha, whose version reached number 1. UK singles chart in 1. The song also charted highly in Ireland and New Zealand. The single was produced by Tom Newman. A remix of the single was released in 2.