James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)

James "Sugar Boy" Crawford

New Orleans, US R&B musician (1934–2012)

James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans. He was the author of "Jock-A-Mo" (1954), which was later rerecorded as "Iko Iko" by the Dixie Cups, and became a huge hit. The song was recorded by many other artists, including Dr. John, Belle…