tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post8375806694884066279..comments2024-03-19T19:34:23.525-07:00Comments on Comparative Video 101: Bob Gibson And "To Morrow"Jim Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-8522137616723145652012-05-18T11:08:41.729-07:002012-05-18T11:08:41.729-07:00Shows you what you get when you trust internet dis...Shows you what you get when you trust internet discographies - I had Belafonte's album placed a year later than it was actually recorded, The sequence that I related here, though, was the one that Gibson himself presented when I saw him a few times in person in the 1970s at a distance of 20 years after the fact. I remember all of the albums you cite and my family had them all at home - but I was much too young to remember the sequence in which we got them. It's nice to know that Harry B actually was the first of the three. BTW - I wrote a bit about Edric Connor early in 2011 on "The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy." Thanks! <br /><br />JimJim Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-23470970086065913862012-05-18T10:35:48.410-07:002012-05-18T10:35:48.410-07:00Jim: “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” was on Harry B...Jim: “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” was on Harry Belafonte’s famous “Calypso” LP which was recorded in 1955, released in early 1956 and debuted in the Billboard Top 40 album chart in June of that year. The Tarriers’ single version of that song (which they combined with the song “Hill and Gully Rider”) was released in December of 1956. Bob Gibson’s recording of the song was on his Carnegie Concert LP which, the liner notes to that LP tell us, was recorded February 11, 1957. So of the three recordings, Belafonte was first, the Tarriers were second, and Gibson was third. And while Bob Gibson may have heard the song on the docks in Jamaica, both “Day-O” and “Hill and Gully Rider” were well-known in New York cabaret and folk music circles thanks to early 1950's recordings and performances by Edric Connor and Louise Bennett. Meanwhile, anyone with a TV set could have heard Belafonte sing “Day-O” on the Colgate Comedy Hour in 1955. Regards, Pete CurryPete Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045255520784494460noreply@blogger.com