Hey now / Hey now / Iko, Iko, an day, plays the simplistic, yet infectious pop hit “Iko Iko.” The enduring tune is among music’s most covered, but few renditions have captured the song’s bright New ...

If you've only heard one Mardi Gras song, it's probably "Iko Iko," the hit recorded by the Dixie Cups in 1965. An earlier version (titled "Jock-a-mo") by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford came out in 1953, ...

PAPUA New Guinea singer Justin Wellington and deejay Small Jam from the Solomon Islands have scored a hit with a reggae-flavoured cover of the 1953 standard Iko Iko. The song — which recently topped ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Halfway through the first episode of the US television series American Gods, the black hero sits opposite a white man ...