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Monday, October 12, 2015

Don't You Know Yockomo ???





Huey "Piano" Smith, owner of a black belt in gobbledygook, was at the top of his game in Don't You Know Yockomo.




The other day my friend Pete Menchetti spun a cool version I didn't know, by cute New Zealander Dinah Lee. It cracks me up to hear her make her way (rather effectively for a kiwi) through Huey's goofy New Orleans lyrics. Her version reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand in 1964. And here's a nice live clip.


According to this blog, the Y-word comes from "Jockomo" as found in the song cut in 1953 by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford : Jock-A-Mo.



That number was later a hit for the Dixie Cups as Iko Iko. Here's a live clip.

And to bring one more cute chick into this blog, here's a French adaptation by Julie D. and its charming clip (unfortunately out of sync)*.


Bonus track : Casey Jones and the Governors, a second-rate British beat band, tries their best to do Yockomo, but loses the groove.


They nonetheless continued their campaign to bring Huey's music to the British public with a somewhat more successful cover of Don't You Just Know It. But even their clever renaming as Don't Ha Ha was not sufficient to make it a hit. And if that's not enough, here's a live clip !



* As a particularly astute reader pointed out, the chicks in the Julie D. clip are actually the Parisiennes.







Sunday, October 11, 2015

WABBA!!! Tune in to THE REAL NITTY GRITTY tonite at 7PM ET!

For all your Rock 'N' Soul needs:https://wfmu.org/listen-live/ichiban

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Halloween Party

More Halloween Instros


Around this time last year, Mr. Fab (over at the MUSIC FOR MANIACS blog) re-upped my “double-disc” collection of classic Halloween-themed instrumentals (with my blasphemous blessing!)   My trick-or-treat offering for you this year is the followup compilation…more spooky instros, annoying novelties, and radio spot ads for vintage fright flicks, all entombed together in a convenient zip file.  Put that in your goodie-bag, kid!




Thursday, October 8, 2015

Instrumental 45 of the Week!



SWITCHBLADE! (listen/download)

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Vikki Trips Alone at 8pm on The Fringe Factory!



TONIGHT! On the Fringe Factory Radio Show: VIKKI TRIPS ALONE! Flying solo in the Fringe Factory's Rock-n-Roll time Machine! 8pm ET on the wfmu.org Ichiban Stream!

Little Girls! Tonite on Crayons to Perfume! at 7



Check out a little bit of Crayons to Perfume! tonight at 7! Little Eva, Little Pattie, Little Peggy March, Little Cheryl.....

Friday, October 2, 2015

Remember Your Life BEFORE Ichiban?!

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Make a pledge today to keep us streaming 24/7 for another year!  We'll even send you some cool swag!!  Thanks.

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Crayons To Perfume

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Debbie Does WFMU

Live From The Admiral

The Real Nitty Gritty

Atomic Jukebox

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Instrumental 45 of the Week!



DIAMOND_BACK! (listen/download)

Atomic Jukebox episode 1



I'm thrilled to be filling in for Debbie D. on Friday, with the first episode of the Atomic Jukebox !!! See you on the Ichiban stream Friday, October 2, from 7-8 pm Eastern time, or 1 am Saturday in Paris ! I hope to be back once a month or so, filling in for whoever can tolerate it.

Here's my page on the WFMU website, where the show will be archived after the broadcast : http://wfmu.org/playlists/AJ

(Photo : the Premiers)

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