tb,
Musician of Blues and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. James Crawford, Jr. Sugar Boy Crawford
New Orleans R&B artist (October 12, 1934 – September 15, 2012). Starting out on trombone, he formed a band which local DJ Doctor Daddy-O named "The Chapaka Shawee" (Creole for "We Aren’t Raccoons"). Signed on by Chess Records president Leonard Chess, the group was re-named James "Sugar Boy" Crawford And His Cane Cutters. Author of the classic "Iko Iko" (initially called "Jockomo") in 1954. Although his song became a standard, Crawford disappeared from public view, and in a 2002 interview, told how his career came to an abrupt halt in 1963 after a severe beating which incapacitated him for two years forcing him to leave the music business. Crawford appeared on his grandson Davell Crawford's 1995 CD Let Them Talk. He has since made some stage appearances with Davell as well including the one at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1996), and at the 7th annual Ponderosa Stomp in April, 2008, they both appear in HBO's series Treme in October 2012 (season 3 episode 4). Not to be confused with James Brown's sideman James Crawford and with James Crawford (2) who wrote "Hustlin Dan", often attributed to James "Sugar Boy" Crawford.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Jock-A-Mo / No More Heartaches | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford And His Cane Cutters / James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 2016 | Single |
Watch Her, Whip Her / You Call Everybody Sweetheart | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 2014 | Single |
30 New Orleans Classics | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, The Sha-Weez | 2003 | Compil. |
New Orleans Classics | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1985 | Compil. |
Sugarboy Crawford | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1976 | Compil. |
See You Later Alligator / Jock-O-Mo | Bobby Charles / James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1973 | Single |
Danny Boy / Round & Round | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1964 | Single |
Mama Won't You Turn Me Loose / So Long - Goodbye | James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford | 1963 | Single |
I Need Your Love / It's Over | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1958 | Single |
She's Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) / You Gave Me Love | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1957 | Single |
She's Gotta Wobble/You Gave Me Love | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1956 | Album |
I Bowed On My Knees / No More Heartaches | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | 1954 | Album |
Morning Star / I Don't Need You | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | Single | |
She's The One / No One But You Dear | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | Single | |
Danny Boy / Round & Round | James "Sugar Boy" Crawford | Single |
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford And His Cane Cutters Blues |