RIP ❤ ✝ 🙏"Day-O" songwriter Irving Burgie dies 2019 at 95 ...Irving Burgie wrote the calypso song “Day-O” (“The Banana Boat Song”) which became a huge hit for singer Harry Belafonte in 1956. Burgie, who went by the name Lord Burgess, co-wrote the song with William Attaway, based on a traditional Jamaican folk song. “Day-O” spent 31 weeks at number one on the Billboard chart and later was featured in a popular scene in the movie “Beetlejuice.”

"Day-O" songwriter Irving Burgie dies 2019 at 95 ...Irving Burgie wrote the calypso song "Day-O" ("The Banana Boat Song") which became a huge hit for singer Harry Belafonte in 1956. Burgie, who went by the name Lord Burgess, co-wrote the song with William Attaway, based on a traditional Jamaican folk song. "Day-O" spent 31 weeks at number one on the Billboard chart and later was featured in a popular scene in the movie "Beetlejuice." 

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