Keokuk, Iowa

**Song:** *Keokuk, Iowa* **Popularized by:** Don Cornell **Written by:** Jerry Livingston and Mack David A novelty-pop favorite from the early 1950s that uses the Iowa river town as a catchy hook and a punchline. Cornell's polished delivery helped make the record a lighthearted radio staple, and the lyric is remembered for turning an otherwise little-sung-about town into a pop refrain.

Fairfield, Iowa, United States