Steve from South Central, FlIt is a Jamaican mento song, not calypso (Trinidad and Tobago).Barry from Sauquoit, NyOnDecember 23rd, 1956, two versions of "The Banana Boat Show" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart the Fontane Sisters version peaked at #13 and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100 while Sarah Vaughan's version reached #19 and stayed on the Top 100 for 14 weeks.Jack from Burlington, NjWhen initially recording the song, being asked for the title, Harry (spelled) named it, "Day Done Light".Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 20th 1957, the Tarriers performed "The Banana Boat Song" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'.Īt the time the Tarriers' original version was at #7 on Billboard's Best Seller in Stores chart and one position higher at #6 was Harry Belafonte's covered version of the song.įor what it's worth the song at #2 was "Young Love" by Sonny James, while at #3 was Tab Hunter's version of the same song.Īnd holding down the two bottom positions of the Top 10 was Fats Domino his "Blue Monday" was at #9 and his "Blueberry Hill" was at #10.He co-composed "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", and on February 14th, 1957 Harry Belafonte's original version of the song peaked at #5, and Stan Freberg's parody version reached #25 on the Best-Sellers in Stores chart.Īcross the pond in the United Kingdom, Shirley Bassey's version peaked at #8 in March of 1957. Barry from Sauquoit, NyIrving Burgie, who went by the name Lord Burgess, passed away at the age of 95 on November 29th, 2019.Worst of all was that so many of them were killed on the job from being literally worked to death-and treated as expendable. And theirs were extremely hard lives, filled with especially cruel treatment from their bosses and/or forepeople. Parker Gabriel from Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe story told in the lyrics is actually horror-inspiring, as banana boat stevedores were little better than slaves, peons at mildest.And the genius of Stan is that he did all the voices in the song. Kel from Western Ncif you want to hear something funny, listen to Stan Freberg’s parody of this song.Chrisj from ChicagoThe printed lyrics do not match what Belafonte sings.īananas are measured in bunches, hands, and fingers.I've looked at what was done in both cases, and what President Joe Biden did was to, as a candidate, make this pledge, and that helps politicize the entire nomination process, but what President Reagan said is as one of his Supreme Court justices President Reagan would like to appoint a woman and President Reagan appointed a highly qualified one in Sandra Day O'Connor.
Let's fill the vacancy so the court can fully function and get on with it. I think Sandra Day O'Connor made a very practical point. So this is not the first time that a president has signaled what they're looking for in a nominee. I remind them to take a look back at history and recall that it was Ronald Reagan who announced that President Joe Biden was going to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court and President Joe Biden did : Sandra Day O'Connor, and it was Donald Trump who announced that President Biden nominee was going to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman nominee as well. The Tarriers version was covered multiple times in 19, including by the Fontane Sisters, Sarah Vaughan, Steve Lawrence, and Shirley Bassey, all of whom charted in the top 40 in their respective countries. Both versions became simultaneously popular the following year, placing 5th and 6th on the 20 February, 1957, US Top 40 Singles chart.
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". The best-known version was released by Jamaican singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "Banana Boat (Day-O)") and later became one of his signature songs. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes
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