single, 1954
Written by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
This Checker single was originally credited as Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters, but I would bet he would have preferred to have his name on the label. Inspired by yesterday's post about "Iko Iko," I thought this song was the obvious next in line. Well, it's clear from listening to it that it's the same song, though this is a zydeco blues with buzzy horns and the Dixie Cups' version is a higher tempo chant buoyed along by hand percussion. They're both great songs!
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