Skokiaan

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“"Skokiaan"”
“"Skokiaan"” cover
Single by The African Dance Band

of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
A-side "Skokiaan"
B-side "In the Mood"
Recorded 1947
Genre Tsaba-Tsaba
Label GALLO-Gallotone Records (JIVE GB.1152)
Writer(s) August Musarurwa
Music sample
"Skokiaan (1954 version)"
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"Skokiaan" is a popular tune originally written by Zimbabwean musician August Musarurwa (d.1968) (usually identified as August Msarurgwa on record labels) in the tsaba-tsaba big band style that succeeded marabi. Skokiaan (Chikokiyana in Shona) [1] refers to an illegal self-made alcoholic beverage typically brewed over one day that may contain a dangerous ingredient, such as methylated spirits.[2] [3] The tune has also been recorded as "Sikokiyana," "Skokiana," and "Skokian."

Within a year of its 1954 release in South Africa, at least 18 cover versions of "Skokiaan" appeared. The Zimbabwean version reached #17 in the United States, while a cover version by Ralph Marterie climbed to #3. All versions combined propelled the tune to #2 on the Cash Box charts that year. Its popularity extended outside of music, with several urban areas in the United States taking its name. Artists who produced their own interpretations include Louis Armstrong, Bill Haley, Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela. The music itself illustrates the mutual influences between Africa and the wider world.

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[edit] History

"Skokiaan" was first recorded as a sax and trumpet instrumental by the African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) under leadership of Musarurwa (possibly in 1947 - anthropologist David Coplan seems to be the sole source for this date).[4] [5] The band comprised two saxophones, two banjos, traps, and a bass.[6] Several tunes played by the Cold Storage Band were recorded by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey in June 1951.[7] On Tracey's recording, Musarurwa also apparently played for the Chaminuka Band.[8] Musarurwa copyrighted "Skokiaan", probably in 1952.

Ethnomusicologist Thomas Turino describes "Skokiaan" as having "a four-bar I-IV-V progression in 4/4 meter...The main melodic strain (A) begins with a long held trill...played by the sax on the dominant pitch...followed by an undulating, descending melody. The A strain is contrasted with sections of riffing that follow the harmonic progression fairly closely...before the main melody returns." Towards the end of the original recording a short trumpet solo "is overlapped by Musarurwa's sax". The melody throughout "is carried by the sax".[9]

Skokiaan's significance is that it shows how Africa influenced American jazz in particular and popular music in general. Musarurwa's 1947 and 1954 recordings illustrate how unique the indigenous forms of jazz were that emerged in Africa in response to global music trends. While African jazz was influenced from abroad, it also contributed to global trends.[10]

"Skokiaan" has been adapted to various musical stylings, from jazz to mento/reggae (Sugar Belly and the Canefields). The tune has been arranged for strings (South Africa's Soweto String Quartet) and steel drums (Trinidad and Tobago's Southern All Stars[11]). A merengue version was recorded in the Dominican Republic by Antonio Morel y su Orquesta in the 1950s, with saxophone alto arrangement by Felix del Rosario.[12] A number of reggae versions of the song also exist, and marimba covers are particularly popular.

"Skokiaan" has been recorded many times, initially as part of a wave of world music that swept across the globe in the 1950s, spurred on in Africa by Hugh Tracey and in the United States by Alan Lomax, to name two. "Skokiaan" gained popularity outside Africa at the same time as the indigenous South African export, "Mbube" ("Wimoweh"). The sheet music was eventually released in 17 European and African languages.[13] In France in 1955 the orchestra of Alix Combelle recorded a cover of "Skokiaan" on the Phillips label.[14] [15] Jacques Hélian also recorded a version. Performers recorded "Skokiaan" in Finland (Kipparikvartetti), Germany (James Last and Bert Kaempfert), and Sweden (Lily Berglund), among others. In the United Kingdom, vocal versions were recorded by South African singer Eve Boswell and Alma Cogan.

But it was in the United States that "Skokiaan" peaked on the charts, where it was recorded by musicians as varied as The Four Lads and Johnny Hodges. Hodges's version is notable not only because he recorded the tune with Erroll Garner but because his band at the time included John Coltrane in a minor role.[16]

[edit] United States

In 1954 Gallotone Records released a version of "Skokiaan" by Musarurwa and the Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band.[17] After 170,000 copies was sold in South Africa, the president of London Records, E. R. Lewis, forwarded "a couple of copies" to London's offices in New York. Meanwhile, a pilot had brought the original version from South Africa to the U.S.A., and given it to Bill Randle of the radio station WERE in Cleveland. Although the copy was cracked, Randle was so impressed by what he heard that he asked Walt McQuire of London's New York office to send him a new copy. After Randle played the record four times, interest soared. London Records shipped 6,000 copies to New York from Britain, followed in September 1954 by a further 20,000.[18] [19]

Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms' original version took off and reached #17 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart.[20] Whether London Records' was a new recording, or a re-release of the Cold Storage Band's old recording under a new name, is uncertain. The band's original name was changed, no doubt for easier Western consumption,[21] perhaps by the record company, or by the band itself.

78 RPM record of Louis Armstrong's 1954 "Skokiaan" recording (part 1 of 2).
78 RPM record of Louis Armstrong's 1954 "Skokiaan" recording (part 1 of 2).

In 1954 covers of "Skokiaan" appeared on United States charts alongside Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band's original. The hitmakers included Ralph Marterie, who reached #3 on the Cash Box chart.[22] Marterie's instrumental was featured on ABC Radio's The Martin Block Show as "the best new record of the week". It was the first time an instrumental had been selected for the show.[18] (A claim that charted versions by Ray Anthony (who supposedly reached #18), by Cuban-Mexican Perez Prado (supposedly reached #26), and by Louis Armstrong (a Dixieland version said to have reached #29), could so far not be verified.)[22]

On the Cash Box best-selling record charts, where all hit versions were combined, "Skokiaan" reached #2 on October 16, 1954.[23]

English lyrics were added in 1954 by American Tom Glazer for the Canadian group The Four Lads. Glazer is perhaps better known for his On Top of Spaghetti (1963). On August 4, 1954 the Four Lads recorded (with Columbia Records) the only vocal version of "Skokiaan" that reached the United States charts, peaking at #7 in the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart.[24] [22]

In line with the spirit of the times, Glazer's lyrics contain what Time arts columnist Richard Corliss describes as jovial "ethnographic condescension:"[25] "Oh-far away in Africa / Happy, happy Africa / ...You sing a bingo bango bingo / In hokey pokey skokiaan."[26] Ethnomusicologist Thomas Turino points out that Glazer's depiction of the jungle setting is far removed from the topography of Southern Africa. But its one-size fits all "tropical paradise" idea was typical of exotic treatments at the time for songs from Latin American, Asia, and Hawaii.[27]

Glazer's unwitting condescension seems to have been lost on Louis Armstrong, who in August 1954 recorded "Skokiaan" in two parts with Sy Oliver's Orchestra in New York (Decca 29256). Part 1 (the A side) is a purely instrumental version, while Part 2 (side B) has Armstrong singing the lyrics.[28] (Despite authoritative claims[6] [29] that Armstrong recorded a version entitled "Happy Africa", this could not so far be substantiated from his discography.)[30] On his tour of Africa, Armstrong met Musarurwa in November 1960. Whether the two musicians jammed together[31], or whether Armstrong just gave Musarurwa a jacket,[32] is unclear. In any case, the difference between the date that Armstrong recorded "Skokiaan" and the date of his meeting with Musarurwa appears to invalidate claims that Armstrong recorded "Skokiaan" after he came face to face with the Zimbabwean.

"Skokiaan" became the theme song at Africa U.S.A Park, a 300 acre theme park founded in 1953 at Boca Raton, Florida by John P. Pedersen. The song was played all day long in the parking lot as guests arrived and was sold in the gift shop. The park boasted the largest collection of camels in the United States. After it closed, the site was converted to the Camino Gardens subdivision.[33] Other urban areas in the United States apparently influenced by the name of the song is Franklin, Ohio, which boasts a Skokiaan Drive,[34] and Skokie, Illinois, which has a Skokiana Terrace.[35]

Bill Haley & His Comets recorded an instrumental version in 1959 that reached #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960. Except for reissues of "Rock Around the Clock", this would be the band's final chart hit in America.[22] [36]

"Skokiaan"'s popularity tracked the transition to electronic music, with an instrumental version recorded by moog pioneers Hot Butter in 1973 on the album More Hot Butter (preserved as a novelty item replete with "jungle" sounds on the compilation album, Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 2). It was not the first such treament of "Skokiaan": Spike Jones and the City Slickers recorded a "Japanese Skokiaan" in 1954, written by band member Freddie Morgan, a banjo player and vocalist (RCA VICTOR 47-5920).[37] [38]

But true to its origins, "Skokiaan" remained a favourite among brass instrumentalists. In 1978 Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela recorded the song as a brass duet with a disco flavor.[39] The tune put "Alpert on the R&B chart for the first time in his career".[40] One of the most recent brass recordings was by Kermit Ruffins' 2002 on his album, Big Easy.

[edit] Misconceptions

Despite its Zimbabwean origins, record companies frequently added "South African Song" in brackets to the song's title, as was the case with recordings by Louis Armstrong, The Four Lads, Bill Haley, and Bert Kaempfert. This may have been due to misunderstandings about the difference between what was then Southern Rhodesia, and South Africa, two countries in the Southern Africa region. As described in the introduction, "Skokiaan" was composed by a Zimbabwean, who was recorded by a South African record company. The lyrics were later added by an American, Tom Glazer. Misled by Glazer's lyrics, some take "Skokiaan" to mean "Happy happy", leading to "Happy Africa" as an alternative title for the music.[10] [6] Again, as stated earlier, the term actually refers to a type of illicitly brewed alcoholic beverage (i.e. "moonshine").

Why the tune was associated with "a Zulu drinking song",[41] [42] as it was in a 1954 Downbeat article,[18] is unclear. The Zulu is an ethnic grouping found in South Africa; composer August Musarurwa was a Shona from Zimbabwe. The term skokiaan does occur in both Zulu and Shona. Both are part of the Bantu language grouping and so share similar roots. An early identification of skokiaan as a Zulu word which circulated in Johannesburg's slums is found in a scholarly article by Ellen Hellman, dated 1934.[43] Musarurwa himself did not call his tune "a Zulu drinking song". The scanty fragments of his life history does not reveal that he spent time in South Africa, either.[44] There is in South Africa no popular association of "Skokiaan" with a Zulu song. Was Musarurwa's tune influenced by a putative Zulu song? It seems unlikely, although not impossible. Zimbabwean migrant labourers moved back and forth between their home country and the mines of South Africa, located mostly around Johannesburg. Such journeys, often by train, led to the emergence of the song Shosholoza. While Shosholoza has become very popular among South Africans, who often sing it to encourage their sports teams, its origins, like that of "Skokiaan", are Zimbabwean.

[edit] Other usages of the name

  • A six-member band called Skokiaan formed in Liverpool in 1995 to play South African township jazz; they also recorded a version of the song.[45] [46] The Liverpudlians are not the only band with a "Skokiaan"-related name.
  • A South African township jazz band, led by Sazi Dlamini, lays claim to Skokiana.[47]

Outside the music world, the name "Skokiaan" has been applied to various artifacts other than songs; the relation between these appellations and Musarurwa's music is unclear:

  • a bronze sculpture by German artist Detlef Kraft is called Skokiaan[48]
  • a modified version of the Centurion tank was named Skokiaan[49]
  • the middle name of Zambian-born Australian rugby player George Gregan is Musarurwa.

[edit] Position in charts

Cash Box Best Selling Singles (1954)[23] Peak
position
Ralph Marterie & Orchestra–Mercury 70432 2
Four Lads–Columbia 40306
Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band–London 1491
U.S. Billboard Best Sellers in Stores (1954)[24] Peak
position
Ralph Marterie & Orchestra–Mercury 70432 3
Four Lads–Columbia 40306 7
Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band–London 1491 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (1954)[50] Peak
position
Ralph Marterie & Orchestra–Mercury 70432 22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (1960)[36] Peak
position
Bill Haley & His Comets 70

[edit] Chronological list of all versions

"Skokiaan" has been covered by these artists, and others:

Year Artist Label Artist's country of origin
1947 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia GALLO-Gallotone JIVE GB.1152 Zimbabwe
1953 Jacques Hélian and his orchestra France
1954 The Shytans Bruce Records[51] USA
Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band London Records 1491/ Decca F10350 Zimbabwe
Alma Cogan HMV 7M 269 UK
Bud Isaacs RCA 47-5844[52] USA
Enoch Light Brigade Orchestra Waldorf Music Hall 3304[53] UK
The Four Lads with Neal Hefti Orchestra Columbia Records 40306 Canada
Jimmy Carroll and Orchestra Bell Records 1060 306 USA
Preston Sandiford's Orchestra Big 4 Hits Records #103-8504 USA
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra Norgran 124[54] USA
Lily Berglund Karusell K 99.S.1954 Sweden
Louis Armstrong USA
Olavi Virta Helmi 450162[55] Finland
Jerry Mengo et son orchestre Ducretet-Thomson 460V041, 500V057 France
Perez Prado RCA Victor 47-5839 Cuba/ Mexico
Ralph Marterie Mercury Records 70432 Italy/ USA
Ray Anthony Capitol F-2896 USA
Reino Helismaa[56] Finland
Ted Heath Decca F10368, Dutton Laboratories/ Vocalion CDLK 4251[57] UK
1955 Alix Combelle and his orchestra Philips 432025NE; N 76.046 R[58] [59] France
Chris Barber's Jazz Band Polygram[60] UK
Kipparikvartetti Triola trlp 101[61] Finland
1956 Johnny Gomez & Orchestra Cook Records/Smithsonian COOK01180[62] Trinidad
1957 Southern All Stars Cook Records/ Smitsonian Folkways Recordings[11]
 Trinidad
1958 Alix Combelle et son orchestre Philips 432.232 BE France
Ivo Robic Jugoton, Zagreb SY 1025[63] Croatia
1959 Bill Haley & His Comets Decca 9-31030 and ED 2671[64] [65] USA
Nico Carstens and his Orchestra and Chorus Columbia 33JSX 11015[66] [67] South Africa
1961 The Fayros RCA E 3.50; RCA Victor 37-7914[68] USA
1962 Bert Kaempfert Polydor 825 494-2[69] Germany
Oliver Nelson RCA 62VK701[70] USA
1963 Bill Black's Combo Hi-3[71] USA
Paul Anka RCA2614-STEREO[72] Canada
1964 H.B. Barnum Imperial Records 66046[73] USA
1965 Bob Moore Hickory Records # 1357 USA
Carl Stevens Mercury Records PPS 6030[74]
James Last Polydor 249 043[75] Germany
The Shangaans EMI Records TWO 109; Columbia Mono 33JSX 76; Columbia Stereo Studio Two 109J[76] [77] South Africa
1968 Blind Hog Vulcan V-106[78] [79]
1970 Nico Carstens Columbia SCXJ 11188[80] South Africa
1972 Sugar Belly and the Canefields Port-O-Jam Records[81] Jamaica
1973 Hot Butter Musicor MS-3254[82] USA
James, Jill and Jackson Imperial 5C 006-24845[83]
1974 Josh Graves Epic KE-33168[84] [85] USA
Matti Kuusla Rondo rolp 10 lp[86] Finland
1978 Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela A&M/Horizon Records 0819[39] Finland
Snowmen Gold disc gds 202 45[87] Finland
1984 Brave Combo Four Dots FD1010[88] USA
1986 Vesa-Matti Loiri Flamingo fgl 4004[89] Finland
1992 Boka Marimba Dandemutande 9[90] USA
1994 Chaia Marimba Dandemutande 87-C[91] USA
1995 Liberación Disa 2016[92] Mexico
1996 African Jazz Pioneers Intuition CD INT 3099-2[93] South Africa
Sauli Lehtonen Mtv mtvcd 101[94] Finland
Boka Marimba Dandemutande 143-C[95] USA
1997 Kushinga Marimba Ensemble Dandemutande 249-T[96] Zimbabwe
1998 Zimbira Dandemutande CD[97] Australia[98]
1999 Joe Goldmark HMG3009[99] USA
Skokiaan UK
Zambezi Marimba Band Dandemutande 254-C [100] USA
2000 Boereqanga Nebula Bos Records[101] South Africa
Proteus 7 Dorian xCD-90266 USA[102]
2002 The African Jazz Pioneers Gallo[103] South Africa
Fessor's Big City Band Storyville STC1014247[104] Denmark
Kermit Ruffins[105] Basin Street Records USA
Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center Dandemutande 389-C[106] USA
2003 Boka Marimba Dandemutande 483-C[107] USA
Soweto String Quartet BMG Africa CDCLL 7052[108] South Africa
2005 Jimmy Smith Empire Musicwerks/Hot JWP Music[109] USA
Kuzanga Marimba Dandemutande 609-C[110] USA
Masanga Marimba Ensemble Dandemutande 600-C[111] USA
2006 Binnsmead Marimba[112] USA
Zinindika Mirimba Dandemutande 638-C[113] USA[114]

Covers whose release dates are not known

Artist Label Artist's country of origin
Barsextett Ralph Dokin CBS[115]
Chikoro Marimba[116] Canada
Gayle Larson and the Toppers Tops-EP-242[117]
Lonnie Donegan Xtra 26533[118]
The Mertens Brothers Belgium
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Transatlantic Records[119] USA
Ray Colignon Philips P 10404[120] Belgium
The Revelairs[121] USA
The Titans[122]
The Vikings RCA Victor 71.300[123]
Antonio Morel Y Su Orquesta[9]

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[edit] Audio

  • 2007. 78s fRom HeLL: The Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band - In The Mood (1954). I'm learning to share. Tuesday, April 10. Blog with extensive visual material on "Skokiaan", including newspaper clippings, record label, and full mp3 download.
  • Full audio recording of 1954 version of "Skokiaan" by the Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band at Beat the Devil blog by Brain Nation, May 2, 2005. [1].
  • Recordings of Musarurwa (Msarurgwa) and other Zimbwabwean jazz artists between 1950 and 1952 by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey on CD[2].
  • Audio versions of the song by the Four Lads, Perez Prado, Bill Haley, and Louis Armstrong and Hugh Masakela [3] (requires RealMedia, registration).
  • MP3 sample of Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center's 2002 Zimbabwean marimba arrangement of "Skokiaan" (Sikokiyana). Opens sound file directly. [4]
  • Full versions of "Skokiaan" by Kermit Ruffins as well as St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review and Joe Goldmark.

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