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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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]
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 ...