Native Americans Redbone (Lolly Vegas and his brother Pat Vegas, Tony Bellamy and Pete DePoe) fame finally released "Niki Hokey" (L. Vegas - P. Vegas - J. Ford) on their self-titled 1970 album.

P.J. Proby (James Smith) had success with "Niki Hoeky" in 1967 when the single became his biggest U.S. hit as it peaked at number twenty-three on Billboard. According to Wikipedia: "The stage name P.J. Proby was suggested by a friend, Sharon Sheeley, who had a boyfriend of that name at high school." Sharon wrote Ricky Nelson's "Poor :Little Fool", "Dum Dum" with Jackie DeShannon for Brenda Lee and The Fleetwoods' "The Great Imposter".