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Recorded in the late 40s for the Gallotone label in what was then Rhodesia by the group under the direction of Shona bandleader August Musaruwa, “Skokiaan” was issued years later in South Africa in 1954 to massive success and, when it was licensed by London Records for release in the US and UK, charted in the top 20s of both countries. (Kentucky-born rock performers the Everly Brothers have described it as the first rock n roll record they ever heard.) Scores, if not hundreds of cover versions, some of them huge hits themselves, were recorded over the next decade in at least 10 countries. The ensemble in the original version is two saxes, two banjos, trumpet, string bass, and drums. The name of the song comes from a variety of local, rugged and potentially dangerous, homemade bootleg booze, made from start to finish in a single day for a party that same night.

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from Rocket Infinity: the Global Rise of Rockin' Music, 1942​-​62, released October 5, 2013

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early 20th century masterpieces (mostly) in languages other than English.

An hour in clamor and a quarter in rheum.

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