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Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
"Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" is a popular novelty song written in late 1954 by the Rhythm & Blues partnership of Forest Gene Wilson and Eunice Levy,〔Malcolm Mcfarlane and Ken Crossland, ''Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record'' (McFarland, 2009):97.〕 and also credited to Jake Porter. One of the earliest rock and roll songs,〔Larry Birnbaum, ''Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012):312.〕 it was probably "the most extensively recorded rock 'n' roll song of that time".〔Charlie Gillett, ''The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll'', rev. ed. (Pantheon Books, 1984):53.〕
Originally recorded by R&B duo Gene and Eunice (Wilson and Levy) in November 1954 on the Combo label and again in January 1955 on the Aladdin label, it was covered by at least 17 different musicians in the first few months of 1955 alone, including Perry Como, The Crew-Cuts, The Charms, Louis Armstrong and Gary Crosby, Goldie Hill & Red Sovine, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Rita Robbins, The Hutton Sisters (Marion Hutton and Betty Hutton), The Flamingos, Ronnie Aldrich and The Squads, Tito Rodríguez, Big Dave and His Orchestra, Marvin & Johnny, Barry Frank (with the Four Bells), Bill Darnell & Betty Clooney, Jack Cardwell with Jackie Hill, and The Dooley Sisters. Andy Griffith also recorded a satirical parody of the song.
The song spent 15 weeks in the ''Billboard'' charts from January to May 1955, and peaked at #3 in its Honor Roll of Hits in the week ending March 2, 1955.〔''The Billboard''(March 19, 1955):30.〕 The version by Perry Como, RCA's first rock 'n' roll release,〔Malcolm Mcfarlane and Ken Crossland, ''Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record'' (McFarland, 2009):96-97.〕 was the most successful,〔 reaching #2 on the Billboard charts in February 1955, while a version by The Crew-Cuts reached #6 on the Pop charts that same month.〔Jay Warner, ''American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today'' (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006):109.〕 Gene and Eunice's versions were on the charts for 7 weeks and reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' R&B charts.
==History==
Forrest Samuel Wilson, Jr. (born September 3, 1931 in San Antonio, Texas; died in July 24, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada) (known professionally as Gene Forrest) and Eunice Hazel Russ (known professionally as Eunice Levy) (born March 12, 1931 in Texarkana, Texas; died May 26, 2002),〔Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.〕〔Russ had married a building contractor named Harold Levy. After her marriage to English record distributor Jack Frost, she was known as Eunice Levy Frost. See () (March 9, 2003).〕 who were romantically involved with one another (and later married) and known as "The Sweethearts of Rhythm & Blues",〔Nick Talevski, ''Rock Obituaries- Knocking On Heaven's Door'' (Omnibus, 2010):368.〕 wrote the song together by the Spring of 1954.〔()〕 Classified as a rhythm and blues song, it featured Dave Bartholomew's much-used (or even over-used)〔Robert Palmer, ''An Unruly History of Rock & Roll'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 60.〕 tresillo three-beat Caribbean or Latin riff,〔Rick Coleman, ''Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll'' (De Capo, 2007):125.〕 and a habanera bassline.〔
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