The Banana Boat Song (The Tarriers version, also sung by Shirley Bassey)

~ Song

Relationships

writer:Alan Arkin
Bob Carey (The Tarriers)
Erik Darling
composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 5)
later translated versions:Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (french lyrics)
香蕉船
version of:Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)
is the basis for:高歌起舞

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1956-12-10The Banana Boat SongJohnnie & Jack and The Tennessee Mountain Boys2:18
1957-02-03The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker: Banana Boat Songcover and liveThe Ray Ellington Quartet3:15
1980-02-20Can’t Stand Losing You / Day‐O (live, 1980-02-20: Kyoto Daigaku, Seibu Koudou, Kyoto, Japan)cover, live and medleyThe Police7:52
Banana Boat SongMax Woiski en zijn Zuid Amerikaans Orkest?:??
Banana Boat SongDanny Davis and the Nashville Brass2:27
Banana Boat SongSteve Lawrence2:45
Banana Boat SongSteve Lawrence2:47
Banana Boat SongcoverG*APEELS3:35
Banana Boat SongcoverThe Blue Diamonds met Johnny And His Cellar Rockers2:49
Banana Boat SongcoverThe Blue Diamonds2:47
Banana Boat SongDanny Davis and the Nashville Brass2:27
Can’t Stand Losing You / Banana Boat Song (live, 1979-02-21: The Polytechnic, Hatfield, England, UK)cover, live and medleyThe Police?:??
The Banana Boat SongcoverShirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra2:46
The Banana Boat SongcoverThe Blue Diamonds2:40
The Banana Boat Song (mono)coverCaterina Valente, Freddy, Horst Wende und seine Calypso‐Band, Ladi Geisler, Helmut Zacharias mit seinen verzauberten Geigen, Kurt Edelhagen2:34
The Banana Boat SongcoverShirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus2:51
The Banana Boat SongFreddy, Horst Wende and His Rhythm Boys2:36