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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 ...
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.
As part of the symposium, he performed a concert for UNICEF. A Kodak video crew filmed the concert, which was released as a 60-minute concert video titled Global Carnival. [51] Following a lengthy recording hiatus, An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends, a soundtrack and video of a televised concert, were released in 1997 by Island Records ...
Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. ... but his distinctive baritone on songs like “Day-O ...
An actor and singer from a young age, Belafonte became synonymous with Caribbean music; his album Calypso, which included hits like “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song” and “Jamaica Farewell ...
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 ...
Just Dance Kids 2014 is a 2013 video ... "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" Harry Belafonte: 1956 ... and visuals are tailored to younger audiences, the song “Day-O ...
Harry Belafonte Sakki/Shutterstock Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday, April 25. He was 96. ... The New York native rose to fame in the 1950s with Caribbean-influenced singles like “Day-O (The ...