Go to Wikipedia. It's settled there. But yea after reading the story and then listening to this a few times it's clear that because it's recorded on earlier technology called tape. The sound waves make the words sketchy. But in the beginning you do hear "Chock" and not "Jock". Very nice song and later good dance music too. Took a long time to finally find this song and the lyrics.
@crazycheatta Glad you enjoyed! How cool is it that we can be thousands of miles apart and discuss the title and listen to this record that's over 55 years old.
Sugar Boy himself says that he is singing "Chockamo" and that the record company spelled it Jockamo. He also claims that he hasn't a clue to the meaning of these words. Great song!!!
@kartob33 Specifically, he says it was Lloyd Price who was the one who misunderstood the words when he heard the tape. I think having Price as "president" of Chess Records was nothing more then a "title" for Price so Leonard Chess had a weapon to counter what Dave Bartholomew was doing for Imperial Records as a "recruiter" of New Orleans talent. They're many other versions to the story of this song and I hope it is never resolved. Makes too good of a topic while having a cold one with a friend.
@speakeasiez@speakeasiez No one really knows for sure except Sugar Boy and Lloyd Price. Preservation Jazz Hall Band of New Orleans plays it as "Chock-a-mo" which is in line to stories that state that Sugar Boy himself claims to have confirmed he was saying "Chock-a-mo" and that Lloyd Price heard it wrong prior to Chess Records pressing it. I think Sugar Boy may have contradicted his own story at various times when talking about the song but he's never admitted to saying "Jackimo".
@speakeasiez Don't get so hysterical! It's a theory. Google "Iko Iko" and go to the second paragraph on the Wikipedia page.. This is not the first referenced to the title "Chock-a-mo". I heard this story back in 1959. Besides, it says so on Wikipedia! If you can't believe them, then who....you know what I mean? OK! I'm done! I'm going back to drink my coffee (with chicory) and finish up my National Enquirer!
@speakeasiez actually like the title says its jock a mo i know cuz im a god damn cajun in south louisiana and i hear this song enough to know it by now
Hey! I heard a "Chokmo feel no hey" by Preservation Jazz Hall Band!! It sounded different from this song but I assume this is where they got it from. What does that phrase mean? I'm so curious!
@missspoonful I don't know what it means. Crawford says he made it up. I've heard it's derived loosely from a Native American (mainly Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes) extinct language but used by African Americans and European settlers and their descendants in the Gulf Coast Region. Loosely translated, it means "very good". Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as "Kiss my ass". Some say it's from the Caribbean. I tend to believe Sugar Boy's explanation.
@9thWardJukebox Thanks for the video and information...been haunting me for a very long time, since seeing the Neville Brothers Version many years ago. I like to believe "Sugar Boy's" explanation too and as they say, there are many ways of saying the same thing, using different wording! I'll try to upload the Neville's today.
@lovinstufflive You're welcome. WMG may own the Neville Brothers' version so it may get blocked. By the way, Sugar Boy's version of the story doesn't match Lloyd Price's version when Price grabbed it for Leonard Chess's Chess Records. No matter, whatever the story, it won't make the song any more or less enjoyable.
@carmanlover1981 Sorry, I don't have the lyrics but can tell you that Sugar Boy never mentions "grandma". Even if you find the lyrics, according to Crawford, he was saying "chock-a-mo", not "jock-a-mo". I'm only familiar with this version, the Dixie Cups version and the version from "Rain Man" which ranks down here as blasphemy. Perhaps someone will come along and post the lyrics.
@FenrirLupus I read that along with all the other theories. Only 7 hits through a Google search and having Wikipedia as the source; I'm not sure if I'm buying into it. You think it was a coincidence that Crawford used that as the title? I'm thinking he heard the phonetics of this title during an Indian Mardi Gras chant (who may have picked it up from local Native American Tribes from the days of slavery) and then Lloyd Price wrote the music and misunderstood what Sugar Boy was saying.
@OakPark11MileRd Now dat is funny!!!!! For whatever reason, your Dixie Cup comment made me laugh out loud. (Not lol, but seriously LAUGH OUT LOUD! You get a thumb up, not agreeing with you necessarily, but for making me laugh. Can't wait to see your comment to "kenninast".
@Shasmal It's derived loosely from a Native American (mainly Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes) extinct language but used by African Americans and European settlers and their descendants in the Gulf Coast Region. Loosely translated, it means "very good". Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as 'Kiss my ass. If so, it would be more of a latter translation and a "new definition out of convenience. Stick with...."very good".
@9thWardJukebox Thanks! All this time I had been hearing this song and no idea that it was a Mardis Gras song. I just knew it was a catchy tune. Nice to know some history behind it now. :-)
I don't mean to give you an instant heart attack, but I much rather prefer the Bell Stars version, from the movie Rain Man. It has a nicer rythm, if you ask me. And somehow it has more of a tropical touch. It also makes me more happy.
But hey, maybe that's just me. To each his own, no? :)
@kenninast It's just music and you are correct, "to each his own". For me, the Bell Stars' version completely misses the point in it's arrangement. It went for a more "commercialism" sound which it needed to. Sugar Boy's version with it's historical Mardi Gras Indian chant fluence fit's perfectly in a show like HBO's Treme. You must remember, to some of us "Who dats" this music is sacred and that's what's so unique about it and us.
Huh? Apparently you are in worse shape then me this morning. I just fell out of bed. But in a strange way, I think I know what you are saying.....possibly.
I re-read this. Makes perfect sense now. I knew it had to be me and not you. So there, apparently you were not in worse shape then me. It's just that I read this so soon (before noon). Thanks!!!
i like the dixie cups version better:S
haeltacforce 1 year ago
IKO IKO.
buddyeagle 1 year ago
@buddyeagle Yep....the real deal here.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
Go to Wikipedia. It's settled there. But yea after reading the story and then listening to this a few times it's clear that because it's recorded on earlier technology called tape. The sound waves make the words sketchy. But in the beginning you do hear "Chock" and not "Jock". Very nice song and later good dance music too. Took a long time to finally find this song and the lyrics.
crazycheatta 1 year ago
@crazycheatta Glad you enjoyed! How cool is it that we can be thousands of miles apart and discuss the title and listen to this record that's over 55 years old.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
Sugar Boy himself says that he is singing "Chockamo" and that the record company spelled it Jockamo. He also claims that he hasn't a clue to the meaning of these words. Great song!!!
kartob33 1 year ago 2
@kartob33 Specifically, he says it was Lloyd Price who was the one who misunderstood the words when he heard the tape. I think having Price as "president" of Chess Records was nothing more then a "title" for Price so Leonard Chess had a weapon to counter what Dave Bartholomew was doing for Imperial Records as a "recruiter" of New Orleans talent. They're many other versions to the story of this song and I hope it is never resolved. Makes too good of a topic while having a cold one with a friend.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
Uh, no, he's really saying "Jackimo" sorry, not chock-a-mo.
speakeasiez 1 year ago
@speakeasiez @speakeasiez No one really knows for sure except Sugar Boy and Lloyd Price. Preservation Jazz Hall Band of New Orleans plays it as "Chock-a-mo" which is in line to stories that state that Sugar Boy himself claims to have confirmed he was saying "Chock-a-mo" and that Lloyd Price heard it wrong prior to Chess Records pressing it. I think Sugar Boy may have contradicted his own story at various times when talking about the song but he's never admitted to saying "Jackimo".
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
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speakeasiez 1 year ago
@speakeasiez Don't get so hysterical! It's a theory. Google "Iko Iko" and go to the second paragraph on the Wikipedia page.. This is not the first referenced to the title "Chock-a-mo". I heard this story back in 1959. Besides, it says so on Wikipedia! If you can't believe them, then who....you know what I mean? OK! I'm done! I'm going back to drink my coffee (with chicory) and finish up my National Enquirer!
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@9thWardJukebox haha, you take me too seriously.
speakeasiez 1 year ago
@speakeasiez actually like the title says its jock a mo i know cuz im a god damn cajun in south louisiana and i hear this song enough to know it by now
ShAwNcOoK12 1 year ago
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speakeasiez 1 year ago
Ena! Ena! (hey now, hey now!)
Akout, Akout an deye (listen at the back!)
Jocomo fi nou wa na né (Jocomo made our king be born)
Jockomo fi na né (Jocomo made it happen)
brazil313 1 year ago 2
@brazil313 Is dat a "peace pipe" I'm smellin'??????? Where was my invite?????
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
Hey! I heard a "Chokmo feel no hey" by Preservation Jazz Hall Band!! It sounded different from this song but I assume this is where they got it from. What does that phrase mean? I'm so curious!
missspoonful 1 year ago
@missspoonful I don't know what it means. Crawford says he made it up. I've heard it's derived loosely from a Native American (mainly Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes) extinct language but used by African Americans and European settlers and their descendants in the Gulf Coast Region. Loosely translated, it means "very good". Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as "Kiss my ass". Some say it's from the Caribbean. I tend to believe Sugar Boy's explanation.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@9thWardJukebox Thanks for the video and information...been haunting me for a very long time, since seeing the Neville Brothers Version many years ago. I like to believe "Sugar Boy's" explanation too and as they say, there are many ways of saying the same thing, using different wording! I'll try to upload the Neville's today.
lovinstufflive 1 year ago
@lovinstufflive You're welcome. WMG may own the Neville Brothers' version so it may get blocked. By the way, Sugar Boy's version of the story doesn't match Lloyd Price's version when Price grabbed it for Leonard Chess's Chess Records. No matter, whatever the story, it won't make the song any more or less enjoyable.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
iko iko iko iko an de ... :D : D xD
tanidemon85 1 year ago
iko iko iko iko an de ... :D : D xD
tanidemon85 1 year ago
@tanidemon85 Be careful, they may begin to monitor us as spies talkin' in code.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
lol THIS ONE MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE!!!
PharaohII 1 year ago
@PharaohII Yeah, I'm dodging "flag boys" and "spy boys" daily down here. I also dodge my wife.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@9thWardJukebox HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
LTmattYT 1 year ago
@LTmattYT uh......ditto?
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
would u happen to hav the words to it to where i can com pare it to the other rewrites
carmanlover1981 1 year ago
@carmanlover1981 Sorry, I don't have the lyrics but can tell you that Sugar Boy never mentions "grandma". Even if you find the lyrics, according to Crawford, he was saying "chock-a-mo", not "jock-a-mo". I'm only familiar with this version, the Dixie Cups version and the version from "Rain Man" which ranks down here as blasphemy. Perhaps someone will come along and post the lyrics.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@FenrirLupus I read that along with all the other theories. Only 7 hits through a Google search and having Wikipedia as the source; I'm not sure if I'm buying into it. You think it was a coincidence that Crawford used that as the title? I'm thinking he heard the phonetics of this title during an Indian Mardi Gras chant (who may have picked it up from local Native American Tribes from the days of slavery) and then Lloyd Price wrote the music and misunderstood what Sugar Boy was saying.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@OakPark11MileRd Now dat is funny!!!!! For whatever reason, your Dixie Cup comment made me laugh out loud. (Not lol, but seriously LAUGH OUT LOUD! You get a thumb up, not agreeing with you necessarily, but for making me laugh. Can't wait to see your comment to "kenninast".
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
What does Chock-a-mo feen-o and-dan-day mean?
Shasmal 1 year ago
What does "Chock-a-mo feen-o and-dan-day" mean?
Shasmal 1 year ago
@Shasmal It's derived loosely from a Native American (mainly Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes) extinct language but used by African Americans and European settlers and their descendants in the Gulf Coast Region. Loosely translated, it means "very good". Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as 'Kiss my ass. If so, it would be more of a latter translation and a "new definition out of convenience. Stick with...."very good".
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@9thWardJukebox Thanks! All this time I had been hearing this song and no idea that it was a Mardis Gras song. I just knew it was a catchy tune. Nice to know some history behind it now. :-)
Shasmal 1 year ago
fucking voodo shit xD
kurvanje 1 year ago
@kurvanje Ah, said so eloquently!
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago 2
@kurvanje this has absolutely nothing to do with voudu.
bbacchiocchi 1 year ago
Great song,
For me, I can only appreciate Sugar Boy's Jock-a-mo and the Dixie Cups' Iko Iko version. I think everyone else needs to leave the song alone.
rainewater85 1 year ago
@rainewater85 I agree but I'm always willing to try something new. So far....these 2 are in a class by themselves.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
@rainewater85
I don't mean to give you an instant heart attack, but I much rather prefer the Bell Stars version, from the movie Rain Man. It has a nicer rythm, if you ask me. And somehow it has more of a tropical touch. It also makes me more happy.
But hey, maybe that's just me. To each his own, no? :)
kenninast 1 year ago
@kenninast It's just music and you are correct, "to each his own". For me, the Bell Stars' version completely misses the point in it's arrangement. It went for a more "commercialism" sound which it needed to. Sugar Boy's version with it's historical Mardi Gras Indian chant fluence fit's perfectly in a show like HBO's Treme. You must remember, to some of us "Who dats" this music is sacred and that's what's so unique about it and us.
9thWardJukebox 1 year ago
Yeah you rite! Thanks for the great feed on New Orleans' music!
elcocoye22 2 years ago
You're welcome! It's all my pleasure.
9thWardJukebox 2 years ago
You can 'fess up to this one - it's a good "you did it". You got you know what posted without you know who interfering.
bluelouwwoz 2 years ago
Huh? Apparently you are in worse shape then me this morning. I just fell out of bed. But in a strange way, I think I know what you are saying.....possibly.
9thWardJukebox 2 years ago
I re-read this. Makes perfect sense now. I knew it had to be me and not you. So there, apparently you were not in worse shape then me. It's just that I read this so soon (before noon). Thanks!!!
9thWardJukebox 2 years ago
Finally!! Ix-nay on the alking-tay in ode-cay.
bluelouwwoz 2 years ago
You did it!!!
bluelouwwoz 2 years ago
Is dat a trick question? Be more specific because generally, my response to that statement is some evasive sense of denial.
9thWardJukebox 2 years ago