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The group was signed by Chess Records president Leonard Chess and was renamed Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters. His song "Jock-A-Mo" became a standard at the New Orleans Mardi Gras, but Crawford disappeared from public view.
15. Sept. 2012 · James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford (October 12, 1934 -- September 15, 2012) For Shandy.
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Original: Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters, 1953 basiert auf dem Volkslied Jock-A-Mo
2. Aug. 2021 · Iko Iko was released in 1953 by New Orleans native James Crawford, under his stage name, Sugar Boy and his Canecutters. The song, which was originally entitled Jockamo, tells a story of two...
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans. He was the author of "Jock-A-Mo" (1954), which was later rerecorded as "Ik...
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Crawford gründete in jungen Jahren eine R&B-Band namens „The Chapaka Shawee“ (Kreolisch für „Wir sind keine Waschbären“). Als sie einen Plattenvertrag bei Chess Records bekamen, wurden sie in „Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters“ umbenannt. [1] Zur Band gehörte zeitweilig auch Snooks Eaglin. [2]
The song was originally recorded by and released as a single in November 1953 by James Crawford as "Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters", on Checker Records (Checker 787). The single features Dave Lastie on tenor saxophone. Crawford's version of the song did not make the charts.
