Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
| "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" | |
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| Single by Perry Como | |
| Released | 1955 |
| Recorded | 1955 |
| Genre | Big band, Traditional pop |
| Length | 02:40 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Writer(s) | Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter, Eunice Levy |
| "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" | ||||
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| Single by The Crew-Cuts | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | 1955 | |||
| Genre | Big band, Traditional pop, R&B, Doo-wop, Swing music | |||
| Length | 02:40 | |||
| Label | Mercury records | |||
| Writer(s) | Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter, Eunice Levy | |||
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"Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" is a popular novelty song written in late 1954 by the Rhythm & Blues partnership of Forest Gene Wilson and Eunice Levy, and also credited to Jake Porter. One of the earliest rock and roll songs, it was probably "the most extensively recorded rock 'n' roll song of that time".
Originally recorded by R&B duo Gene and Eunice (Wilson and Levy) in November 1954 on the Combo label and again in January 1955 on the Aladdin label, it was covered by at least 17 different musicians in the first few months of 1955 alone, including Perry Como, The Crew-Cuts, The Charms, Louis Armstrong and Gary Crosby, Goldie Hill & Red Sovine, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Rita Robbins, The Hutton Sisters (Marion Hutton and Betty Hutton), The Flamingos, Ronnie Aldrich and The Squads, Tito Rodríguez, Big Dave and His Orchestra, Marvin & Johnny, Barry Frank (with the Four Bells), Bill Darnell & Betty Clooney, Jack Cardwell with Jackie Hill, and The Dooley Sisters. Andy Griffith also recorded a satirical parody of the song.
The song spent 15 weeks in the Billboard charts from January to May 1955, and peaked at #3 in its Honor Roll of Hits in the week ending March 2, 1955. The version by Perry Como, RCA's first rock 'n' roll release, was the most successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts in February 1955, while a version by The Crew-Cuts reached #6 on the Pop charts that same month. Gene and Eunice's versions were on the charts for 7 weeks and reached #6 on the Billboard R&B charts.
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