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Lord Invader released a cover of the song on the Folkways label in 1955, titled "Labor Day (Jump in the Line)". [1] His rendition reached mento star Lord Flea, who in turn recorded a version based on Lord Invader's interpretation. [1] It was released on August 1, 1958, by Capitol Records. The song was recorded by Lord Fly [2] and Joseph Spence ...
"Shake Senora" heavily samples "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", composed in 1946 by Lord Kitchener and popularized in 1961 by Harry Belafonte. It was released as a digital single in July 2011 and subsequently peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix of the song featuring American rapper Ludacris was also released.
Four of his songs appeared in the 1988 film Beetlejuice, including "Day-O" and "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)". Belafonte next starred in a major film in the mid-1990s, appearing with John Travolta in the race-reverse drama White Man's Burden (1995); [ 69 ] and in Robert Altman 's jazz age drama Kansas City (1996), the latter of which ...
But a closer listen to Eddie Perfect's music and lyrics reveal that, beyond the film's signature Harry Belafonte songs "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" and "Jump in the Line (Shake Señora)," both ...
"Twist, Twist Senora" is a song written by Frank Guida, Gene Barge, and Joseph Royster and performed by Gary U.S. Bonds. It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962. [1] It was featured on his 1962 album Twist Up Calypso. [2] The song took its inspiration from the calypso song "Jump in the Line (Shake, Señora)". The song was produced by Frank ...
"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 ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has ...
In 1961 Harry Belafonte recorded a version of Lord Flea's "Shake Shake Sonora" which was renamed "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" and later appeared in the 1988 film Beetlejuice. Flea had used Lord Invader 's earlier 1955 recording "Labor Day (Jump in the Line)" for inspiration, which itself was a cover of Lord Kitchener 's original "Jump in ...
Swift starts the song with the chorus that immediately makes her distaste for the subject of the song clear. “‘Cause, baby, now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love/ So take a ...