Kokomo
Encyclopedia
Places
- Kokomo, IndianaKokomo, IndianaKokomo is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard and Tipton counties....
, a city located in Howard County, Indiana, United States, that is also its county seat- Indiana University KokomoIndiana University KokomoIndiana University Kokomo is a regional campus in the Indiana University system in Kokomo, Indiana.-Academics:As of 2010, there were over 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students at IU Kokomo and 81 full-time faculty...
- Indiana University Kokomo
- Kokomo, MississippiKokomo, MississippiKokomo is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.- Establishment :Kokomo was organized by the Phillip Enoch family of Fernwood, Mississippi around 1912. They planned to purchase timber to finance the existing Fernwood railroad that the family was purchasing...
, United States - Kokomo, HawaiiKokomo, HawaiiKokomo is a community on the island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii.It is located just north of Makawao, Hawaii at .Elevation is about .It is uphill of the area known as Haikū.-External links:* * *...
, United States - on the island of Maui - Sandals Cay (formerly Kokomo Island), a privately owned island in Jamaica
In music
- Kokomo ArnoldKokomo ArnoldKokomo Arnold was an American blues musician.Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana...
, the stage name of the 1930s blues musician James Arnold - Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)"Ko Ko Mo " is a 1955 popular song written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter, and Eunice Levy. Wilson and Levy made the first recording of the song. Well-known cover recordings were made by The Crew-Cuts and by Perry Como...
, song by Jack Cardwell (which can be found on the cd Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie, Roots of Rockabilly 1944-1956)) - Jimmy WisnerJimmy WisnerJames J. "Jimmy" Wisner is an American pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his hit single "Asia Minor", released under the name Kokomo....
released a hit single under the name Kokomo in 1961. - Kokomo RecordsKokomo RecordsKokomo Records was a record label founded in the 1960s by Ted Griffiths and Trevor Huyton. It reissued pre-war blues recordings by blues artists such as Texas Alexander, Kokomo Arnold, Barbecue Bob, Doctor Clayton, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Buddy Moss and Tampa Red....
, a record company from the 1960/70s - Kokomo (band)Kokomo (band)-Career:Formed in May 1973 by ex-members of the pop group Arrival , Kokomo's ten-piece line-up became: Dyan Birch , Frank Collins , Paddy McHugh , Tony O'Malley , Alan Spenner , Neil Hubbard , Mel Collins , Jody Linscott , Terry Stannard and Jim Mullen...
, a British group from the 1970s - Kokomo, a band featuring Grateful Dead members Brent Mydland and Bill Kreutzmann
- Kokomo (song)Kokomo (song)"Kokomo" is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a relaxing Caribbean island called Kokomo. It was released as a single in July 1988 by Elektra Records and became a...
, by The Beach Boys (1988)
In literature
- Kokomo, a recreational drug used by humans in The Garden of RamaThe Garden of RamaThe Garden of Rama is a novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke. It is the third book in the four-book Rama series: Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II, The Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed, and follows on from where Rama II left off.-Plot summary:The book picks up the story nine months...
and Rama RevealedRama RevealedRama Revealed is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. It is the last of three sequels to Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama by these authors, and as the title suggests reveals the mysteries behind the enigmatic Rama spacecraft.- Plot summary :The book picks up the story...
by Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
Other uses
- Kokomo, another name for the Papuan HornbillPapuan HornbillThe Blyth's Hornbill is also known as Papuan Hornbill. Its local name in Tok Pisin is kokomo. It is a large hornbill species inhabiting the forest canopy in the Wallacea and Melanesia....
- Joe Blow from Kokomo, a placeholder namePlaceholder namePlaceholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are either temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, or unknown in the context in which they are being discussed...