Friday Night Cat Fight
The Dixie Cups Win Friday Night Cat Fight
“Jock-A-Mo” vs. “Iko Iko”
The Dixie Cups “Iko Iko” – 68 Votes
Sugar Boy Crawford “Jock-A-Mo” – 56 Votes
Sugar Boy put up some great numbers with his original 1953 version of the song, but the Dixie Cups’ 1965 Top Pop 20 rendition of the song took the prize.
This week, we have our very first FOUR-WAY Friday Night Cat Fight with the classic R&B; tune, “Open The Door, Richard”. Listen to the entire Cat Fight Podcast before casting your vote for either Jack McVea, Dusty Fletcher, Count Basie & His Orch. or Louis Jordan. I played these songs a lot back in my XM Radio days, but I never opened the song up to a popularity vote like this, so I’m very interested in the results.
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Clyde McPhatter : 81 Votes
Tom Jones : 44 Votes
This week, as we celebrate Mardi Gras, the Friday Night Cat Fight brings a little bit of New Orleans right to your computer. The theme of this week’s show is of course New Orleans R&B; and all the masters are here, from ‘Fes to Fats.
The battle this week will be by two New Orleans natives over a song that has become synonomous with the Big Easy and Mardi Gras. It began as “Jock-A-Mo” in 1953 by Sugar Boy Crawford & His Cane Cutters, but evolved into “Iko Iko” which hit the US top 20 in April of 1965. Vote on this New Orleans classic, this week on the Friday Night Cat Fight.
Thanks for continuing to spread the word about The Friday Night Cat Fight as it is getting bigger and bigger every week.
Congratulations to Amos Milburn who won last week’s Cat Fight with over 50% of the vote. He defeated both Chuck Berry AND The Rolling Stones over the song, “Down The Road Apiece.”
Amos Milburn (1946) – 61
Chuck Berry (1960) – 43
Rolling Stones (1965) – 15
This week’s Friday Night Cat Fight theme is “Hearts” for Valentine’s Day. Listen to the half hour plus broadcast and then vote for your favorite version of “Without Love (There Is Nothing)”. Click Here to listen to this week’s Friday Night Cat Fight! and have a Happy Valentine’s Day.
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