RIP Harry Belafonte

The Bamboo Online · Postby **The Bamboo Online** » April 25th, 2023, 9:49 am

Time to go home

8695 · Postby **8695** » April 25th, 2023, 10:39 am

He went home...RIP

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » April 25th, 2023, 10:48 am

RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

Skanky · Postby **Skanky** » April 25th, 2023, 11:16 am

RIP to the coconut counting man!!

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » April 25th, 2023, 11:29 am

most of younglings on here wont have a clue who he was ........ R.I.P

aaron17 · Postby **aaron17** » April 25th, 2023, 12:17 pm

"Come Mister tally man, tally me banana"

Rip...
one of the song was in Bettlejuice

The Bamboo Online · Postby **The Bamboo Online** » April 25th, 2023, 4:01 pm

Dizzy28 wrote:RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

An he was Jamican.

88sins · Postby **88sins** » April 26th, 2023, 5:57 am

aaron17 wrote:"Come Mister tally man, tally me banana"

Rip...
one of the song was in Bettlejuice

Actually two of his songs were in that movie.
Day-O, and Shake Shake Senora.
He had a long life, and left a good legacy to the world.

May he rest in peace forever.

88sins · Postby **88sins** » April 30th, 2023, 10:58 pm

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Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » May 1st, 2023, 12:32 pm

The Bamboo Online wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

An he was Jamican.

No he was American... his father was a Jamaican

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » May 1st, 2023, 12:36 pm

Dizzy28 wrote:RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

Actually he stole the Banana Boat song from Trinidadian Calypsonian Edric Connor "Day Dah Light" without giving him any credit whatsoever and made millions doing it. He was hated by all Trinidadians in the 50's / 60's and falsely wore the "king of Calypso" title given to him by the Americans. He plagiarized, copied and stole... he wasn't even Caribbean born.

fireworks · Postby **fireworks** » May 1st, 2023, 12:55 pm

Gladiator wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

Actually he stole the Banana Boat song from Trinidadian Calypsonian Edric Connor "Day Dah Light" without giving him any credit whatsoever and made millions doing it. He was hated by all Trinidadians in the 50's / 60's and falsely wore the "king of Calypso" title given to him by the Americans. He plagiarized, copied and stole... he wasn't even Caribbean born.

Edric Connor made a collection songs which are traditional jamaican folk songs put them on an album and made money while he was living in London. There was obviously no major banana industry in Trinidad to sing about and since it was not his song there was nothing for Harry to steal.

Harry did push our style of music out for the world to hear. Made us popular during those times. Local performers was just jealous.

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » May 2nd, 2023, 3:28 pm

fireworks wrote:
Gladiator wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:RIP!!

He helped popularize Calypso to the international audience

Actually he stole the Banana Boat song from Trinidadian Calypsonian Edric Connor "Day Dah Light" without giving him any credit whatsoever and made millions doing it. He was hated by all Trinidadians in the 50's / 60's and falsely wore the "king of Calypso" title given to him by the Americans. He plagiarized, copied and stole... he wasn't even Caribbean born.

Edric Connor made a collection songs which are traditional jamaican folk songs put them on an album and made money while he was living in London. There was obviously no major banana industry in Trinidad to sing about and since it was not his song there was nothing for Harry to steal.

Harry did push our style of music out for the world to hear. Made us popular during those times. Local performers was just jealous.

Agreed, the song itself was a Jamaican folk song. Edric Conner was the first to record the song in the style Belafonte reproduced it in. That was the one and only period in time that Calypso was popular in the USA, around that time the Andrews Sisters also stole Rum and Coca Cola from Lord Invader.