# James Crawford

> James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans. He was the author of "Jock-A-Mo" (1954), which was later rerecorded as "Iko Iko" by the Dixie Cups, and became a huge hit. The song was recorded by many other artists, including Dr. John, Belle Stars, the Grateful Dead, Cyndi Lauper, and by Glass Candy.

*New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-crawford-q3486894

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1934-10-12
- **Died:** 2012-09-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5327262/ (@nm5327262)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/722283)
- [جيمس كروفورد (عازف بيانو)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88))
- [James Crawford](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford)
- [James Crawford (Musiker)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford_(Musiker))
- [James "Sugar Boy" Crawford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Sugar_Boy%22_Crawford)
- [James Crawford (músico)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford_(m%C3%BAsico))
- [James Crawford](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford)
- [ジェイムズ・"シュガー・ボーイ"・クロフォード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%22%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%22%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [James "Sugar Boy" Crawford](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Sugar_Boy%22_Crawford)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a625c25-3f22-4899-abff-4ad7a33a590c)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486894)
- [James Crawford](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58221)

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