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  1. Apr 24, 2020 · Harry Belafonte - Day-O The Banana Boat Song [1956] Classic Mood Experience The best masterpieces ever recorded in the music history. Join our Youtube: https://goo.gl/8AOGaN ...more....

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  2. Mar 9, 2016 · Harry Belafonte. 98.8K subscribers. 34M views 8 years ago. ...more. Provided to YouTube by RCA Records LabelBanana Boat (Day-O) · Harry BelafonteCalypso℗ Originally released 1956.

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  3. The best-known version was released by Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "Banana Boat (Day-O)") and later became one of his signature songs.

  4. Harry Belafonte - Day-O, excerpt from "Harry Belafonte in Concert (Japan, 1960)". Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 18 July 1960. This song was first feat...

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  5. “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” is a single from Harry Belafonte’s 1956 album Calypso is an adaptation of a vernacular Jamaican work song.

  6. It is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their...

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  8. Apr 26, 2023 · Belafonte brought the sway of the Caribbean to an American audience by popularizing the Calypso genre. Perhaps the best testament to that claim is one of his biggest hits “Banana Boat...

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