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Tim Burton's 1988 classic 'Beetlejuice' memorably used recordings of Harry Belafonte's 'Day-O' and 'Jump in the Line,' much to the late entertainer's delight.
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.
Perhaps its most memorable appearance is in the 1988 Tim Burton comedy horror film Beetlejuice, during the movie's end. This occurrence later appeared in the Broadway musical stage adaptation in 2019 as the finale. Belafonte's rendition of the song went viral on video-sharing app TikTok in August 2019, without showing a significant increase in ...
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 ...
Belafonte’s music reached a new generation in 1988 when four of his songs, including “Man Smart,” were featured in the Tim Burton comedy Beetlejuice. 6. “Skin to Skin” with Jennifer ...
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 ...
Four of his songs appeared in the 1988 film Beetlejuice, including "Day-O" and "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)". Belafonte next starred in a major film in the mid-1990s, appearing with John Travolta in the race-reverse drama White Man's Burden (1995); [ 70 ] and in Robert Altman 's jazz age drama Kansas City (1996), the latter of which ...
Fans first met Beetlejuice in Tim Burton's 1988 American gothic dark fantasy starring Winona Ryder, ... (Day-O)," the Harry Belafonte tune used in one of Beetlejuice's most iconic scenes.