Day-O (live, 1959-04: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States)

~ Recording by Harry Belafonte

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Act II "In the Caribbean". The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)8:36Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
RCA VictorLSO 6006
1.7Act II "In the Caribbean". The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)8:36Harry BelafonteLive in Concert at the Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
  • DE1993-10-04
RCA Victor Europe

Relationships

vocals:Harry Belafonte (in 1959-04)
recording of:Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte) (in 1959-04: live)

Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)

additional lyricist:William Attaway (in 1955)
Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:Caribe Music Corp.
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd
EMI Songs Ltd.
Garber Music Ltd.
Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co.
Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Reservoir Media Music
referred to in medleys:The Caribbean Disco Show (7" medley)
later parody versions:Der Jedermann‐Kollapso
later translated parody versions:Gargamel le Machiavel
Hey Mister Taliban (Deeeeeeeeeo)
later translated versions:The Banana Boat Song (Portuguese translation)
Trio Bommerlunder
Wien
バナナ・ボート
version of:Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)
is the basis for:6 Foot 7 Foot
arrangements:Talimi Banana (Day Ô)
lyrics quoted in:Don’t Wanna Go Home