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
1.6day O3:40BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallBelafonteAlbum
1.6Day-O3:41Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)6006-2-R
1.6Day-O3:41Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.8Day‐O3:39Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie Hall: The Complete ConcertHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
Classic Compact Discs (audiophile limited editions)LSOCD 6006
1.6Day‐O3:41Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
  • XE2014-05-27
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.7Day-O3:39Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie Hall: The Complete ConcertHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
Analogue ProductionsCAPF 6006 SA
1.7Day-O3:40Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.7Day O3:41Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie Hall: The Complete ConcertHarry BelafonteAlbum + Live
Stereo Sound (Japanese reissue label)SSVS-001, SSVS-002
1.7Day-O3:40Harry BelafonteBelafonte at Carnegie HallHarry BelafonteAlbum + LiveRCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)

Relationships

engineer:Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:Bob Bollard
bass:Norman Keenan (in 1959-04)
bongos and congas:Daniel Barrajanos (in 1959-04)
guitar:Raphael Boguslav (in 1959-04)
Millard Thomas (in 1959-04)
vocals:Harry Belafonte (in 1959-04)
conductor:Bob Corman (in 1959-04)
recording of:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway version made famous by Harry Belafonte) (in 1959-04: live)

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway version 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
Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co.
later translated parody versions:Hey Mister Taliban (Deeeeeeeeeo)
later translated versions:Trio Bommerlunder
バナナ・ボート
version of:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Original folk song)
arrangements:Talimi Banana (Day Ô)
lyrics quoted in:Don’t Wanna Go Home