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Word: kookamonga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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...most improbably successful tunesmith in the U.S. last week was a genial, buckskin-fringed character out of Timbo, Ark. (pop. 100) named Jimmie Driftwood. Six Driftwood royalty-winners-Soldier's Joy, Battle of Kookamonga, Tennessee Stud, Sal's Got a Sugar Lip, The Battle of New Orleans, Sailor Man-were riding the sales charts of pop or country-and-western tunes; in other versions most of them are sung and strummed by Driftwood himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pop Records | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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