1989 The Beach Boys – Kokomo (US:#1 UK:#25)
“Kokomo” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin’. Written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher, the song was released as a single on July 18, 1988 by Elektra Records and became a number one hit in the US and Australia. It was the band’s first original top-20 single in 20 years and their first number-one hit in 22 years.
Album
Still Cruisin’ is the twenty-sixth studio album by The Beach Boys, their thirty-fifth official album (counting compilations and live packages), and their last release of the 1980s. It is also the last album of new material released during a brief return to Capitol Records. It also contains songs from the movies Lethal Weapon 2, Cocktail, […]
Muscians
| Bass | Rod Clark |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Slide Guitar | Ry Cooder |
| Acoustic Guitar | Ry Cooder |
| Acoustic Guitar | Jeffrey Foskett |
| Mandolin | Ry Cooder |
| Accordion | Van Dyke Parks |
| Sax | Joel Peskin |
| Steel Drums | Vince Charles |
| Percussion | Chili Charles |
Produced By
Terry Melcher
Songwriters
John Phillips
Mike Love
Scott McKenzie
Terry Melcher
Charts
US:# 1
UK:#25