James "Sugar Boy" Crawford

Real name: James Crawford, Jr. New Orleans rhythm and blues musician Starting out on trombone, he formed a band which local DJ Doctor Daddy-O named "The Chapaka Shawee". 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.