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The Merrymen have performed for British Royalty on three occasions. Also, they have performed for Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan during their 1982 visit to Barbados. The Merrymen were invited back by the President and First Lady to the White House. The group has shared the stage with Rich Little, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, and many others.
The Honourable David Michael Rudder OCC (born 6 May 1953) is a Trinidadian calypsonian, known to be one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.He performed as lead singer for the brass band Charlie's Roots. [1]
Island singles were released with prefix WI and numbers starting with 001. The Island label itself was white with red lettering and logotypes – for the first 100 releases it had a round "Flaming sun" logo on a white label, then and for reprints of the early issues a red strip across the centre of the label like a "bow tie".
"Woman to Woman" is the title of a 1974 deep soul single recorded by Shirley Brown for whom it was a #1 R&B hit. Reportedly selling a million units in its first eight weeks of release, "Woman to Woman" spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in November 1974 and crossed-over to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking there at #22. [2]
In the July 21, 1973 issue, Billboard published a review of the album, which said that "Each time they sing together, they make even better music. Good close harmony throughout. Once again, an excellent selection of songs, under the guiding hand of the old master, Owen Bradley, plus his superb production.
The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 11 October 1975 at number 49, and reaching the top in four weeks. [4]The week of 4 October 1975, the week before the "Island Girl" entered the charts, marked the first week in over two years in which Elton John did not have a single on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was one of two songs (the other song being "Lead Man Holler") written by Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie for the 1957 film Island in the Sun, a film on racial tension and interracial romance. The song serves as the title song sung at the start of the film, which ends with Belafonte walking off to the humming of the song.
Eilean (Scottish Gaelic for island) Aros, the fictional island setting of the story, is based on the Isle of Erraid in the Inner Hebrides.Stevenson wrote of his time there in his collection of essays Memories and Portraits, where he says "[t]here is another isle in my collection, the memory of which besieges me.