Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O) / Star-O flac album

Single by Harry Belafonte. from the album Calypso. The best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 and later became one of his signature songs. That same year The Tarriers released an alternative version that incorporated the chorus of another Jamaican folk song, "Hill and Gully Rider". The Tarriers version was later recorded by Shirley Bassey.

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) Lyrics. Day o! Day o! Daylight come and me wanna go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day o Daylight come and me wanna go home. Work all night on a drink a rum (Daylight come and me wanna go home) Stack banana till the morning come (Daylight come and me wanna go home). Day-O reached on the Billboard Charts in 1957, and remains a famous song cited in a number of more current pop culture references such as the possession scene in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) and Lil Wayne’s 6 Foot 7 Foot. com/watch?v AQXVHITd1N4. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" Track Info. Written By Traditional. 7. The Jack-Ass Song.

Belafonte's version used lyrics adapted by Irving Burgie and William Attaway. Attaway was a novelist and songwriter who was friends with Belafonte. Burgie and Attaway wrote most of the songs on the Calypso album. This song was first recorded in 1952 by Edric Conner, a musician from Trinidad who sang it with his band The Carribeans as "Day De Light. Six artists hit the US Top 40 with "The Banana Boat Song" in 1957: The Terriers version was the first to chart at ( in the UK), followed by Belafonte, The Fontane Sisters ( Steve Lawrence ( Sarah Vaughan ( and Stan Freberg, whose comedy version hit Belafonte performed this on TV for the first time when he was a guest star on Season 3 of The Muppet Show.

Day, me say day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day Daylight come and me wan' go home. Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan' go home Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan' go home. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" lyrics provided for educational purposes and personal use only.

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Harry Belafonte: Man Smart (Woman Smarter). The Banana Boat Song. Where Have All the Flowers Gone. The Banana Boat Song (оригинал Harry Belafonte). Песня про банановую лодку (перевод Алекс). День-о, день-о, Day de light and I wanna go home. День будет светлым, и я хочу домой. Me say, load the banana boat. Я говорю: загружайте банановую лодку.

A. Banana Boat (Day-O). Guitar – Millard Thomas. Orchestra, Chorus – Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus. Photography By – Roy Stevens. Written-By – Belafonte, Burgess, Attaway. Harry Belafonte, Tony Scott's Orchestra and Chorus with Millard Thomas - Banana Boat ‎(7", Single, Mono).