Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Matilda" (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a calypso song. Some songwriting credits are given as Harry Thomas (rumoured to be a pseudonym combining Harry Belafonte and his guitarist, Millard Thomas , [ 1 ] but ASCAP simply lists Harry Thomas alias Harry Belafonte, the writer of "Hold 'Em Joe"); some credits are given as Norman Span .
The best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "Banana Boat (Day-O)") and later became one of his signature songs. That same year the Tarriers released an alternative version that incorporated the chorus of another Jamaican call and response folk song, "Hill and Gully Rider".
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]
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” (1956) Belafonte’s riotously catchy adaptation of a song that originated at the turn of the century by Jamaican dock workers was his biggest hit, reaching No ...
In a rich musical career initially defined by the lilting sounds of calypso, over the course of seven decades, Harry Belafonte — the actor, activist, producer and vocalist who died Tuesday of ...
Harry Belafonte, a calypso-popularizing music legend and tireless civil rights activist, died at 96 of congestive heart failure today (April 25) at his Manhattan home. Belafonte was the world’s ...
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.
It should only contain pages that are Harry Belafonte songs or lists of Harry Belafonte songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Harry Belafonte songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .