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25 de abr. de 2023 · Harry Belafonte’s many, many musical hits Belafonte is best known for the above song, which made him a staple of the musical scene, but it’s far from his only release.
26 de abr. de 2023 · Belafonte wasn’t the first musician to record a version of “Banana Boat (Day-O).” Other Caribbean artists like Edric Connor and the Caribbeans and Louise Bennett took the songs to a wider ...
In the '50s, as the "calypso craze" took hold, other white acts had hits in the genre, often with novelty numbers (Perry Como with ""Pa-Paya Mama"; Georgia Gibbs with "Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell"), but Belafonte had authenticity on his side; his father was from the West Indies, and his mother from Jamaica, where he lived for about five ...
1 de dic. de 2019 · Irving Burgie, a singer and songwriter who wrote many calypso hits for Harry Belafonte and others, including the 1956 hit “Day-O” (“The Banana Boat Song”), died on Friday, according to the ...
26 de abr. de 2023 · He sang work songs, love songs, spirituals, blues, calypsos and, as early as the 1960s, African music. He was also determinedly eclectic; at Carnegie Hall concerts in 1959 that were recorded for a ...
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15 de mar. de 2017 · Listen free to Harry Belafonte – Greatest Hits (Day-O (Banana Boat Song), Coconut Woman and more). 12 tracks (45:49). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
