Song · Dr. John
“Iko Iko” by Dr. John
From the album Dr. John’s Gumbo (1972)
“Iko Iko” by Dr. John appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1972 on the album Dr. John’s Gumbo. Its best result is #1969 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,355 indie & aaa song of all time.
Dr. John put "Iko Iko" on Dr. John's Gumbo in 1972 and rode it onto the Billboard Hot 100, a long trip for a song that started out in 1953 as "Jock-A-Mo", a James "Sugar Boy" Crawford single about two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians colliding at a parade. The writing credit now reads James Crawford, Jr. with Barbara Anne and Rosa Lee Hawkins.
Dr. John sings lead and plays piano, and he packs the room: Ronnie Barron on electric piano and organ, Jimmy Calhoun on bass, Freddie Staehle on drums, Richard "Didimus" Washington on percussion, Ken Klimak and Alvin Robinson on guitar. Lee Allen, Harold Battiste, Moe Bechamin, Sidney George and David Lastie line up on saxophones with Melvin Lastie on cornet, and the chorus behind him counts Shirley Goodman and Tami Lynn among its voices.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1969 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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