"Ko Ko Mo" is a 1955 popular

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 written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter, and Eunice Levy. Wilson and Levy (performing under the name Gene and Eunice) made the first recording of the song.http://electricearl.com/dws/gene&eunice.html Well-known cover

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 recordings were made by The Crew-Cuts

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The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle...

 and by Perry Como

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

. Other recordings were also made by The Hutton Sisters, Bill Darnell & Betty Clooney, Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

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, and country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins

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Harold Franklin Hawkins , better known as Hawkshaw Hawkins, was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 60s known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk...

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The recording by The Crew-Cuts

The Crew-Cuts

The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle...

 was released by Mercury Records

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 as catalog number

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 70529. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts

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 on January 29, 1955. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #11; on the Best Seller chart, at #10; on the Juke Box chart, at #6. The song was one side of a two-sided hit, with the flip side being "Earth Angel

Earth Angel

"Earth Angel " is an American doo-wop song, originally released by The Penguins in 1954 on the Dootone label , as the B-side to "Hey Señorita." The song became a major hit for The Crew-Cuts in 1955, reaching the Billboard charts on January 29, 1955. It peaked at #3 on the Disk Jockey chart, #8 on...

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