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"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis [2] as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. [3] She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold,
Anna Banana (born February 24, 1940 [ 1] as Anne Lee Long in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian artist known for her performance art, writing, and work as a small press publisher. She has been described as an " entrepreneur and critic ", and pioneered the artistamp, a postage-stamp-sized medium. [ 1] She has been prominent in the mail ...
Harry Belafonte, Almanac, 18 February 1954. "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ...
Rainbow Rangers is an animated perschool kids’ television series co-produced by Genius Brands and Telegael Teoranta which premiered on the Nick Jr. Channel on November 5, 2018. The series follows seven nine-year-old girls who reside in the kingdom of Kaleidoscopia. [1] The series was renewed for a second season, [2] with the initial half ...
American punk rock band The Dickies made the song a hit in the United Kingdom in 1979 with their cover version, marketed by A&M Records as "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)". The record reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. [7] This version also appeared in the film Nimona. A version by Liz Phair with Material Issue was the first track included ...
Anna (Go to Him) " Anna (Go to Him) ", or simply " Anna ", is a song written and originally recorded by Arthur Alexander. His version was released as a single by Dot Records on September 17, 1962. A cover version was performed by the Beatles and included on their 1963 debut album Please Please Me.
Barbara Ann. " Barbara Ann " is a song written by Fred Fassert that was first recorded by the Regents as " Barbara-Ann ". Their version was released in 1961 and reached No.13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A more well-known version of the song was recorded by the Beach Boys for their 1965 in-house live album Beach Boys' Party!
The song was popular with British soldiers in the First World War. A refrain of "have a banana", not included in the published lyrics, was often interposed after the first line of the chorus. Sometimes "Gertie Gitana" was sung instead, leading to the use of "Gertie" as rhyming slang for the fruit. A version was released by rock band Blur in 1993.