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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Sam Manning
Author: Sam Manning/Sam Johnson/Oscar E. Johnson
Label: Decca
Year: 1942
With The Felix Krazy Kats. Jamaican folk melody.
Covers:
Tony Johnson & The Caribbean Serenaders [for Melodisc]
Blind Blake [as At The Iron Bar]
Lord Fly [with Dan Williams Orchestra]
Harry Belafonte [as Jamaica Farewell with new words by Irving Burgie; on his first millionselling calypso album]
Sir Lancelot [idem]
Lord Tanamo [backing vocals: the young Maytals]
Hank Snow [idem]
Brothers Four [idem]
Patti Page [idem]
Arlo Guthrie [idem]
Irving Burgie [author, idem]
Belafonte's first contact with Irving Burgie's songs (Day-O, Jamaica Farewell) changed his musical course considerately. Plans to come up with a John Henry program for the Ed Sullivan Show were abandoned on the spot. Later Belafonte hits like Island In The Sun, Angelina and Coconut Woman also carry an Irving Burgie mark (Lord Burgess). Jamaica Farewell's originality was questioned in court, but the judgement equaled both Iron Bar and Jamaica Farewell for copying the same traditional Jamaican melody.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)