When he hears the lyric about the 'deadly black taranch-la' (actually the highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider, commonly dubbed 'banana spider'), the beatnik protests, 'No, man! Don't sing about spiders, I mean, oooo! like I don't dig spiders'.

'Banana Boat (Day-O)' a parody by Stan Freberg, released in 1957 by Capitol Records, features ongoing disagreement between an enthusiastic Jamaican lead singer and a bongo-playing beatnik (Peter Leeds) who 'don't dig loud noises' and has the catchphrase 'You're too loud, man'.

It charted to number 13 in the US in 1957.

The Fontane Sisters mimicked the Tarriers version in a recording of the song for Dot Records in 1956.

The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group ( Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin, later better known as an actor) are sometimes credited as the writers of the song their version combined elements of another song and was thus newly created. The Tarriers' version was recorded by Shirley Bassey in 1957 and it became a hit in the United Kingdom. This release became their biggest hit, reaching number four on the pop charts, where it outperformed Belafonte's version. They recorded a version of that song that incorporated the chorus of 'Hill and Gully Rider', another Jamaican folk song. During recording, when asked for its title, Harry spells, 'Day Done Light'.Īlso in 1956, folk singer Bob Gibson, who had traveled to Jamaica and heard the song, taught his version to the folk band the Tarriers. Side two of Belafonte's 1956 Calypso album opens with 'Star O', a song referring to the day shift ending when the first star is seen in the sky.

Belafonte recorded the song for RCA Victor and this is the version that is best known to listeners today, as it reached number five on the Billboard charts in 1957 and later became Belafonte's signature song. In 1955, American singer-songwriters Lord Burgess and William Attaway wrote a version of the lyrics for the Colgate Comedy Hour, in which the song was performed by Harry Belafonte.

Belafonte based his version on Connor's 1952 and Louise Bennett's 1954 recordings. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).The song was first recorded by Trinidadian singer Edric Connor and his band 'Edric Connor and the Caribbeans' on the 1952 album Songs From Jamaica the song was called 'Day Dah Light'. Get the embed code Harry Belafonte - Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Album Lyrics1.Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)2.Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Beetlejuice / Soundtrack Version)3.Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Beetlejuice/Soundtrack VersionHarry Belafonte Lyrics provided by

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