A teaser of "Ko Ko Bop" music video was released on July 17, 2017 by SM Entertainment.
This seemingly innocuous song became one of the first great earworms, with the chorus of "Shimmy, shimmy, ko-ko-bop, shimmy, shimmy, bop" burrowing into our brains and refusing to let go.The song is about a guy who is entranced by a "native" girl who shows him the dance.This is based on a song called "(Shimmy Shimmy) Ko Ko Wop," which was released by a Pittsburgh group called the El Capris in 1956. That song was written by group members James Scott, James Ward and Leon Gray; it takes place on an island and has a Polynesian rhythm.Various "Shimmy" songs followed: in 1960 "(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy" by Bobby Freeman went to #37 US; "Shimmy Like Kate" by The Olympics made #42 that same year; and in 1962 James Brown hit #61 with "Shout And Shimmy.
In 1957, a …
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Label: End - E-1060 • Format: Vinyl 7 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop (1959, Vinyl) | Discogs
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Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop
Little Anthony & The Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s.
Like many hits of this era aimed at teenagers, it's about a dance: the "ko-ko-bop." 5 Little Anthony & the Imperials enjoyed one of the longest career runs of any doo wop group, adapting their honey-smooth style to fit the sweet uptown soul sound of the mid-'60s. 4
A word created by the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO.
This seemingly innocuous song became one of the first great earworms, with the chorus of "Shimmy, shimmy, ko-ko-bop, shimmy, shimmy, bop" burrowing into our brains and refusing to let go.
Label: Top Rank International - 45-JAR-256 • Format: Vinyl 7 Little Anthony And The Imperials* - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop (1959, Vinyl) | Discogs