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  2. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Watch Kelly Clarkson perform 'Banana Boat (Day-O)' as ... - AOL

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    Kelly Clarkson transformed into the ghost with the most, Beetlejuice, on Thursday for an extra ap-peel-ling performance of Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat (Day-O).” The host — dressed in ...

  4. Calypso (album) - Wikipedia

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    The first track "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" largely contributed to the success of the album and has long been Belafonte's signature song, the single reaching number five on Billboard's Pop chart. "Star-O", the sixth track on the album (and B side of the "Day-O" single), is essentially a shorter reprise of "Day-O", with slightly different lyrics.

  5. Beetlejuice (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    Besides Elfman's score, four original recordings by Harry Belafonte were used in the film: "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" and "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" and "Sweetheart from Venezuela". The latter two of the songs were excluded from the soundtrack.

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    This time, she and the band — also dressed in costume — perform a spooky cover of "Banana Boat (Day-O)," the Harry Belafonte tune used in one of Beetlejuice's most iconic scenes.

  7. The Best ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Easter Eggs and References

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    Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O” "Beetlejuice" One of the most iconic scenes from the first “Beetlejuice” is the dinner party during which the Maitlands possess the Deetz family and their ...

  8. Harry Belafonte - Wikipedia

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    One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song", listed as "Day-O" on the Calypso LP, which reached number five on the pop chart and featured its signature lyric "Day-O". [29] Many of the compositions recorded for Calypso, including "Banana Boat Song" and "Jamaica Farewell", gave songwriting credit to Irving Burgie. [30]

  9. “Beetlejuice” 'Banana Boat (Day-O)' scene, a (mini) oral ...

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    Thirty-six years after the release of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice — as a sequel starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and Jenna Ortega is about to hit theaters — the famous ...