Kokomo may refer to:

Animals

Kokomo (gorilla) Kokomo is a female western lowland gorilla that lives in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. She was moved from the Oklahoma City Zoo The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo and botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure Distri ...

, a western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo *

Kokomo Jr. Kokomo Jr. was the name given to at least two male common chimpanzees used as animal actors, one born c. 1955 and one born c. 1967. Kokomo Jr. replaced J. Fred Muggs as the animal mascot of the ''Today Show'' in 1957, and was known for his ability t ...

, a name given to two performing chimpanzees in the 1950s and 1960s

Music

Songs

* "Kokomo Blues", by

Scrapper Blackwell Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic si ...

(1928) * "Kokomo" (song), by the Beach Boys (1988) * "

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" is a popular rock novelty song written in late 1954 by the rhythm and blues partnership of Forest Gene Wilson and Eunice Levy,Malcolm Mcfarlane and Ken Crossland, ''Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record'' ( ...

", a rock/novelty song written in 1954 by Forest Gene Wilson and Eunice Levy and recorded by

the Crew Cuts The Crew Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop musi ...

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...

, and many others * "Kokomo", by Greg Brown from ''

The Evening Call ''The Evening Call'' is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 2006. It was his first album of all new material in over four years. Reception A review of the album in ''Sing Out!'' includes a lengthy description of ...

'' * "Kokomo", by Little Feat from '' Down on the Farm'' * "Kokomo, IN", by

Japanese Breakfast Japanese Breakfast is an indie pop band headed by Korean-American musician Michelle Zauner. Zauner started the band as a side project in 2013, when she was leading the Philadelphia-based emo group Little Big League. She has said that she named ...

from ''

Jubilee A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of y ...

'' * "Going Kokomo" by Royel Otis from " Sofa Kings"

Other

Kokomo (band) Kokomo are a British band whose members were prime exponents of British soul in the 1970s. They released three albums, and the second ''Rise & Shine'' was described as "the finest British funk album of the 1970s". Formation and personnel Form ...

, a British group from the 1970s * Kokomo Records, a record company from the 1960/70s

People

Kokomo Arnold James "Kokomo" Arnold (February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense style of playing and rapid-fire vocal delivery set him apart from his contemporaries. He got his ni ...

(1896/1901–1968), born James Arnold, American blues musician *

Kokomo (musician) James Joseph Wisner (December 8, 1931 – March 13, 2018) was an American pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his 1961 hit single "Asia Minor", released under the name Kokomo. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Wisne ...

, one-time name used by American pianist, arranger and songwriter Jimmy Wisner (1931–2018) *

Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo Kokomo, whose name is also sometimes given as Koh-Koh-Mah, Co-come-wah, Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo, or Kokomoko, was a Native American man of the Miami tribe who lived in northern Indiana at some point probably in the early nineteenth century. The city of Koko ...

(1775–1838), a chief of the Miami tribe for whom Kokomo, Indiana, was named

Places

United States

Kokomo, Indiana Kokomo ( ) is a city in Indiana and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard County, the Kokomo-Peru CSA, which includ ...

, a city in Howard County, that is also its county seat **

Indiana University Kokomo Indiana University Kokomo (IU Kokomo or IUK) is a public university in Kokomo, Indiana. It is a regional campus of Indiana University serving north central Indiana. History In 1932, John and George Beauchamp opened the Kokomo Junior College ...

Kokomo, Arkansas Kokomo is an unincorporated area In Lee County, Arkansas Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. With its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River, it is considered to be part of the Arkansas Delta. As of the 2010 ...

, an unincorporated area in Lee County *

Kokomo, Colorado Kokomo is a silver- and gold-mining ghost town in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Before being depopulated in the 1960s, Kokomo was at its height home to over 10,000 people. History The community took its name from nearby Kokomo ...

, a ghost town in Summit County *

Kokomo, Hawaii Kokomo is a community on the island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii. It is located just north of Makawao, Hawaii at . Elevation is about . It is uphill of the area known as Haikū. Contrary to popular belief, the Beach Boys' 1988 single of the same ...

, a community on the island of Maui *

Kokomo, Mississippi Kokomo is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 150. History Kokomo was named after the city of Kokomo, Indiana. Koko ...

, an unincorporated community in Marion County * Kokomo,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

Kokomo Creek

* Kokomo Creek, a tributary of the

Chatanika River The Chatanika River (Lower Tanana: ''Ch'edenano'') is a tributary of the Tolovana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Chatanika River is a clear or lightly tannic stained rapid-runoff stream that has its headwaters in the White Mountains and ...

, Alaska * Kokomo Creek, a creek in

Hot Spring County Hot Spring County is located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,923. The county seat is Malvern. Hot Spring County was formed on November 2, 1829, from a portion of Clark County. It was named for the ...

, Arkansas * Kokomo Creek, a tributary of

Wildcat Creek (Indiana) Wildcat Creek is a tributary of the Wabash River in north-central Indiana. The stream is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 and drains an area of .U.S. Geo ...

Elsewhere

Sandals Cay Sandals Cay (formerly called Kokomo Island) is part of the privately owned Sandals Royal Caribbean all-inclusive resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is apparent that Sandals resorts has an almost identical island in their Nassau, Bahamas loca ...

(formerly Kokomo Island), a privately owned island in Jamaica * Kokomo Beach, a beach on the island of

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

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