Reeves Motal Piano and Synthesizer Music for Kokomo by The Beach Boys

In the style originally performed by The Beach Boys

Number 1 Billboard Hot 100 Hit for The Beach Boys for the week of November 5, 1988

Kokomo lyrics available from Google Lyrics and AZ Lyrics

Original song version from 1988

As heard in the movie Cocktail

This short excerpt is in MP3 format running at 128 Kb per second.
The version on the CD album runs at 1,411 Kb per second.
The full CD audio file format size is 38,245 KB and runs for 3 minutes and 42 seconds.

Despite The Beach Boys' complex Wall of Sound accompaniment, I usually don't have much trouble working out their songs. This one (and Barbara Ann) have given me fits. I've reworked the opening steel drums over and over until I'm blue in the face, but getting the sound right is tough.

Reeves

Kokomo was created using 3 Acoustic Grand Pianos, 2 Honky‑Tonk Pianos, 1 Acoustic Bass, 3 String Ensembles 1 (Consisting of 2 Violins, 1 Viola, and 1 Cello), 1 Clarinet, 1 Piccolo, 1 Recorder, 1 Steel Drums, 1 Double Bass Drum, 1 Electric Snare Drum, 1 Low Floor Tom, 1 Low Conga, 1 Low Bongo, 1 High Bongo, 1 Low Timbale, 1 High Timbale, 1 Pedal Hi‑Hat Cymbals, 1 Crash Cymbal 1, 1 Crash Cymbal 2, 1 Ride Cymbal 1, 1 Claves, 1 Open Triangle, 1 Vibra Slap, and 1 Tambourine.