Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
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"Day-O " 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.
Harry Belafonte, Almanac, 18 February 1954
Calypso music
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Calypso is a style of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from Afro-Trinidadians during the early- to mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles by the mid-20th century
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
…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 the large ocean-going cargo…
Singer Calypso Mama, real name Maureen Verlene Duvalier, on stage
Lovey's String Band (pre-1925)
Lord Invader, Mighty Growler, Atilla the Hun (calypsonian) and Roaring Lion (1943)