Calypso
Studio album by Harry Belafonte
Released	1956
Recorded	?
Genre	Vocal
Length	31:23
Label	RCA Victor
Producer(s)	?
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Harry Belafonte chronology
Belafonte (1956)	Calypso (1956)	Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)

Calypso is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1956. The CD was released on April 28, 1992 . It is the first full-length gramophone LP to sell over one million copies (Bing Crosby's "White Christmas (song)" and Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons" had surpassed 1 million copies before 1956). The album is number four on Billboard's "Top 100 Album" list for having spent 31 weeks at number 1, 58 weeks in the top ten, and 99 weeks on the U.S. charts. Image File history File links Belafontecalypso. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Harold George Belafonte, Jr. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Harold George Belafonte, Jr. ... Harold George Belafonte, Jr. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as a 33 ⅓ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... White Christmas is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmases. ... Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 -October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. ... Sixteen Tons is a song about the misery of coal mining, written in 1947 by U.S. country singer Merle Travis. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

The tracks

The first track, "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" largely contributed to the success of the album and it is still the song for which Harry Belafonte is best known. The Banana Boat Song is a traditional Trinidadian Calypso folk song, whose best-known version was sung by Harry Belafonte and is the most well-known calypso. ...

It is a traditional Trinidadian Calypso folk song, sung from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. Daylight has come, the shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home (this is the meaning of the lyric "Come, Mr. Tally Man, tally me banana/ Daylight come and me wan' go home.") Trinidad (Spanish, Trinity) most commonly refers to the larger island of the nation Trinidad and Tobago, the subject of this article. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The song was also used in a famous dinner scene in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Timothy William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

The third track, Jamaica Farewell, is another calypso folk song about the beauties of the West Indian islands and a love left behind. This was the first album on which it was published. Jamaica Farewell is a famous calypso about the beauties of the West Indian island. ... West Indian redirects here. ...

Track listing