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"The Banana Boat Song" likely originated around the beginning of the 20th century when the banana trade in Jamaica was growing. It was sung by Jamaican dockworkers, who typically worked at night to avoid the heat of the daytime sun. When daylight arrived, they expected their boss would arrive to tally the bananas so they could go home. [4]
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 short reprise of "Day-O", with slightly different lyrics.
I remember it as "Bic Banana markers for the office or home" 99.254.20.224 21:44, 2 November 2008 (UTC) I believe it was this: (from memory) Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana Bic Banana markers, you got to get some. Come in a one pack, eight pack, twenty pack ho! Bic Banana markers for the office or home. They, got a color for you!
"'The tallyman,' Mum told me, 'slice off the top of the stems of the bunches as they take them in. Then him count the little stubs he just sliced off and pay the farmer.'" explains a Ms. Wade in Andrea Levy’s novel "Fruit of the Lemon". [2] Harry Belafonte addresses the tallyman in "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)."
By 1930, it had absorbed more than 20 rival firms, acquiring a capital of $215 million and becoming the largest employer in Central America. In 1930, Sam Zemurray (nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man") sold his Cuyamel Fruit Company to United Fruit and retired from the fruit business. By then, the company held a major role in the national economies ...
In December 1980 "Banana Republic" was released, which was their last Top 10 hit, reaching No. 3. [6] and in the following year the Boomtown Rats' next studio album Mondo Bongo produced by Tony Visconti appeared. [1] A second single 'Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)' charted at 26 while the title track appears in the U.S. without much success. [6]
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"Banana Republic" was the first single from The Boomtown Rats' album Mondo Bongo. [1] It peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart. [5] Breaking from the band's previous new wave sound, the song opens with a ska-reggae hook (that repeats at the close of the much longer album version). [6] However, the song itself is a more mainstream piece ...