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"Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin'. Written by John Phillips , Scott McKenzie , Mike Love , and Terry Melcher , the song was released as a single in July 1988 by Elektra Records and became a number one hit in the US and Australia.
"Asia Minor" is a 1961 instrumental recording by Jimmy Wisner (operating under the name Kokomo so as to not alienate his jazz fans). [2] It is a rock and roll adaptation of Edvard Grieg 's " Piano Concerto in A Minor ", using shellac on the hammers of a cheap piano so as to induce a honky-tonk sound. [ 3 ]
"Look (Song for Children)" Brian Wilson 1966 The Smile Sessions ‡ 2011 "Lonely Days" Unknown 1967 Hawthorne, CA ‡ 2001 "Lonely Sea" Brian Wilson Gary Usher 1962 Surfin' U.S.A. 1963 "Long Promised Road" † Carl Wilson Jack Rieley 1971 Surf's Up: 1971 "Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)" Al Jardine Gary Winfrey: 1970 Surf's Up: 1971
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(The song was originally to be recorded with Run-DMC, but Mike Love apparently struck a deal with the other group.) [7] "Make It Big" was recorded for the film Troop Beverly Hills, and the remaining three songs - "I Get Around", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "California Girls" – were the "classic" recordings, ones from the group's earlier period ...
In 2002, a group of Norwegian peacekeepers in Kosovo (calling themselves the "Shiptare Boys" [3]) parodied the music video for "Kokomo," using Rivers' song with their own hand-held video camera footage. In the parody, the soldiers imitate dance moves and scenes from the original music video in desolate war-torn areas around Kosovo.
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