Hubert Raphael Charles Marry an Ugly Woman
The Caresser Edward the VIII
Atilla Roosevelt in Trinidad
Atilla the Hun and The Lion Guests of Rudy Vallee
King Radio Matilda
Wilmoth Houdini He Had It Coming
The Andrews Sisters Sing a Tropical Song; Rum and Coca Cola
Sir Lancelot Scandal in the Family; The Century of the Common Man; Old Lady with a Rolling Pin
Armando Castro & Joe Davis Mary Ann
Duke of Iron Calypsonian Invasion
Lord Invader Jackie Robinson
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Run Joe
Ella Fitzgerald Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
17
Cab Calloway
Macbeth the Great 03:18 Amazon
18
Cold in de Winter
Lloyd Thomas 02:56 Amazon
19
Is She Is, Or Is She Ain't
Louis Eugene Walcott
The Charmer 02:29 Amazon
20
His Feet Too Big for de Bed
Hernán Braña / Sammy Mysels / Dick Sanford
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra 02:15 Amazon
21
Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell
Bob Hilliard / David Mann
Eartha Kitt 02:47 Amazon
22
Calypso Blues
Nat King Cole / Don George
Nat King Cole 03:02 Amazon
23
Last Train
Duke of Iron 03:08 Amazon
24
Labor Day Carnival (Jump in the Line)
Rupert Grant
Lord Invader 02:01 Amazon
25
Chicago, Chicago
Rupert Grant
Lord Invader 03:07 Amazon
26
Parakeets
Duke of Iron 03:05 Amazon
27
Prisoner Arise (Prizonaire Levé)
Cecil Anderson
Duke of Iron 02:25 Amazon
28
Hurricane Janet
Lord Christo
Lord Christo 03:09 Amazon
29
Big Bamboo
Vernon Roberts
Mighty Panther 04:22 Amazon
30
Hacienda Hotel Radio Advertisement
Sir Lancelot 01:08 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 2
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Norman Span
Harry Belafonte 02:38 Amazon
2
Matilda
Harry Belafonte / Harry Thomas / Millard Thomas
Harry Belafonte 02:32 Amazon
3
Hold ‘Em Joe
Harry Thomas
Harry Belafonte 02:39 Amazon
4
Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)
Harry Belafonte / Jack Rollins
Harry Belafonte 03:24 Amazon
5
Man Piaba
Harry Belafonte / Jack Rollins
Harry Belafonte 03:33 Amazon
6
Jump Down, Spin Around
William Attaway / Harry Belafonte / Norman Luboff
Harry Belafonte 02:03 Amazon
7
The Banana Boat Song
Bill Attaway / Harry Belafonte / Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 03:10 Amazon
8
Jamaica Farewell
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 03:06 Amazon
9
Brown Skin Girl
Harry Belafonte 02:47 Amazon
10
Melda Massi
Harry Belafonte 03:16 Amazon
11
Come Back Liza
Bill Attaway / Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 03:09 Amazon
12
Mary's Boy Child
Jester Hairston
Harry Belafonte 03:01 Amazon
13
Mama Look a BooBoo
Lord Melody
Harry Belafonte 03:02 Amazon
14
Cocoanut Woman
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte 03:03 Amazon
15
Island in the Sun
Harry Belafonte / Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 02:49 Amazon
16
Scratch Scratch
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 02:45 Amazon
17
Don't Ever Love Me
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 02:49 Amazon
18
Cordelia Brown
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 02:57 Amazon
19
Haiti Cheri
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 03:19 Amazon
20
Judy Drownded
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 03:30 Amazon
21
Lead Man Holler
Lord Burgess
Harry Belafonte 04:17 Amazon
22
Sweetheart from Venezuela
Fitzroy Alexander
Harry Belafonte 03:33 Amazon
23
Gloria
Harry Belafonte 03:12 Amazon
24
Monkey
Irving Burgie
Harry Belafonte 04:02 Amazon
25
Reincarnation
Irving Burgie / Theophilus Philip
Harry Belafonte 03:26 Amazon
26
Tongue Tie Baby
Bill Eaton
Harry Belafonte 04:12 Amazon
27
Don't Stop the Carnival
Harry Belafonte 05:02 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 3
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
The Banana Boat Song
Alan Arkin / Bob Carey / Erik Darling
The Tarriers 02:57 Amazon
2
Marianne
Richard Dehr / Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders 02:25 Amazon
3
Marianne
Richard Dehr / Terry Gilkyson
The Hilltoppers 02:17 Amazon
4
Calypso Melody
Larry Clinton
David Rose & His Orchestra 02:40 Amazon
5
In de Banana Tree
Roy Carroll / George Weiss
The Mills Brothers 02:33 Amazon
6
Calypso Gal
Dick Sherman
Richard Hayman / Richard Hyman & His Orchestra 02:18 Amazon
7
Bahama Mama
Luther Dixon
The Four Aces 03:00 Amazon
8
Curiosity Calypso
Ray Gilbert
Ray Gilbert 02:27 Amazon
9
Mangos
Dee Libbey / Sid Wayne
Rosemary Clooney 02:39 Amazon
10
Yellow Bird
Alan Bergman / Marilyn Keith / Norman Luboff
Norman Luboff Choir 03:25 Amazon
11
Calypso Hooray
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire 02:11 Amazon
12
Calypso Joe
Fred Darian / Margo O'Neale
Ray Johnson 02:36 Amazon
13
Freddy's New Calypso
Freddie Mitchell / Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 02:49 Amazon
14
When Rock and Roll Come to Trinidad
Roy Alfred / Marvin Fisher
Nat King Cole 02:23 Amazon
15
Dancing to the Rock and Rolla (Rum and Coca Cola)
Sullavan
The Fontane Sisters 02:12 Amazon
16
Calypso Rock & Roll
The Deeps 02:26 Amazon
17
Calypso Rock
Dave Day & the Redcoats 02:14 Amazon
18
Calypso Rock
Frank Pingatore
Mike Pedicin Quintet 02:44 Amazon
19
Waikiki Farewell
Stan Wilson 02:44 Amazon
20
(Tell De Batter To) Hit de Long Ball
Ed Martin
Four Happy Fellas 02:24 Amazon
21
Number One
Hoke Simpson 02:23 Amazon
22
Zombie Jam-Boree
Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr.
The Kingston Trio 02:58 Amazon
23
Calypso Sweetheart
Jack Fortune / Charles Hagman
Hank Snow 02:22 Amazon
24
The Banana Boat Song
Alan Arkin / Bob Carey / Erik Darling
Johnnie & Jack 02:15 Amazon
25
Let's Go Calypso
John Gluck Jr. / Diane Lampert
Rusty Draper 02:20 Amazon
26
My Man True to Me
Anita Carter
Nita, Rita & Ruby 02:08 Amazon
27
The Banana Boat (Day-O)
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg 03:30 Amazon
28
The Banana Boat Story (The Banana Boat Song)
Buchanan & Goodman
Buchanan & Goodman 02:04 Amazon
29
High Society Calypso
Cole Porter
Louis Armstrong 02:15 Amazon
30
Take Me, Take Me
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott 02:30 Amazon
31
Don't Stop the Carnival
Traditional
Sonny Rollins 06:10 Amazon
32
The Safety Song (Make the Last One For the Road a Cup of Coffee)
Julie Conway 02:43 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 4
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Tastes Like Strawberries
Sandy Jones / B.J. Solomon
Johnny Desmond 02:31 Amazon
2
Rock Calypso Joe
Gene Gilbeaux / Claude Trenier
The Treniers 02:24 Amazon
3
Run Joe
Louis Jordan / Walter Merrick / Joe Willoughby
Maya Angelou 02:29 Amazon
4
Donkey City
Maya Angelou 03:00 Amazon
5
Scandal in the Family
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou 02:43 Amazon
6
Devil is a Woman
Herb Jeffries 03:16 Amazon
7
The Naughty Little Flea
Norman Thomas
Lord Flea 02:41 Amazon
8
Shake Shake Senora
Lord Flea 02:29 Amazon
9
Calypso Be Bop
Norman Thomas
Lord Flea 02:15 Amazon
10
Donkey Bray
Norman Thomas
Lord Flea 02:17 Amazon
11
Calypso Rock
Norman Kaye
The Mary Kaye Trio 02:12 Amazon
12
Fire Down Below
Lester Lee / Ned Washington
Jeri Southern 02:39 Amazon
13
What is This Generation Coming To?
Joseph Burke / Don Raye
Robert Mitchum 02:42 Amazon
14
Jean and Dinah
Slinger Francisco
Robert Mitchum 02:44 Amazon
15
Don't Hurry Worry Me
Richard Dehr / Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders 02:14 Amazon
16
Go, Go, Calypso!
Les Baxter
Mamie Van Doren 02:34 Amazon
17
Technique
Johnny Mercer
Pat Boone 02:30 Amazon
18
Mama Look a BooBoo (Boo Boo Man)
Lord Melody
The Calypso Carnival 02:35 Amazon
19
Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree
Harold Arlen / Truman Capote
Enid Mosier Trinidad Steel Band 02:12 Amazon
20
Boys Days
Enid Mosier Trinidad Steel Band 03:11 Amazon
21
Yankee Dollar
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Josephine Premice 02:29 Amazon
22
Leave de Atom Alone
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Josephine Premice 03:35 Amazon
23
The Bottle Imp
Art Steyer
Geoffrey Holder 03:00 Amazon
24
Sugar Cane
Sam Manning
Geoffrey Holder 02:29 Amazon
25
Stew Pig Knuckles
Charles MacNiles
Calypso Macniles 03:37 Amazon
26
Wedding Bell Calypso (Man Talk Too Much)
Fess Parker 02:44 Amazon
27
Calypso Dance
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra 02:37 Amazon
28
Limbo
Ned Washington / Patti Washington
The Diamonds 02:35 Amazon
29
Limbo
Ned Washington / Patti Washington
Roger "King" Mozian, His Trumpet & Orchestra 02:42 Amazon
30
Chalypso
Billy Duke & the Dukes 02:14 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 5
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Chocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin
Bob Hilliard / Sammy Mysels
Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra 02:28 Amazon
2
Day Dah Light (Banana Loaders' Song)
The Caribbeans / Edric Connor 02:03 Amazon
3
London is the Place For Me
Alwyn Roberts
Lord Kitchener 02:41 Amazon
4
Kitch (Small Comb, Scratch Me Head)
Alwyn Roberts
Lord Kitchener 03:14 Amazon
5
Food from the West Indies
Alwyn Roberts
Lord Kitchener 02:47 Amazon
6
The Underground Train
Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener 02:52 Amazon
7
Tick! Tick! (The Story of the Lost Watch)
Rafael DeLeon
The Lion 02:54 Amazon
8
Victory Test Match
Egbert Moore
Lord Beginner 02:57 Amazon
9
John Goddard
Egbert Moore
Lord Beginner 02:57 Amazon
10
Manchester United Calypso
Edric Connor 02:49 Amazon
11
Kitch's Bebop Calypso
Alwyn Roberts
Lord Kitchener 02:40 Amazon
12
Is Trouble
Alwyn Roberts
Lord Kitchener 02:53 Amazon
13
Chinese Children
Fitzgerald Henry
The Mighty Terror 02:40 Amazon
14
Patricia Gone with Millicent
Fitzgerald Henry
The Mighty Terror 02:54 Amazon
15
No Carnival in Britain
Fitzgerald Henry
The Mighty Terror 03:03 Amazon
16
Brown Skin Gal
Fitzgerald Henry
The Mighty Terror 02:36 Amazon
17
Prince Rainer
Rupert Grant
Lord Invader 03:22 Amazon
18
My Experience on the Reeperbahn
Ripert Grant
Lord Invader 02:36 Amazon
19
Woman is a Man's Best Friend
George Browne 02:42 Amazon
20
Liberia
R.A. Harding
Bliff Radie Byne 02:23 Amazon
21
Last Train to San Fernando
Sylvester Devere / Randolph Padmore
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys 02:29 Amazon
22
Sweetie Charlie
Frank Holder 02:11 Amazon
23
Coffee Bar Calypso
Maxine Daniels 02:36 Amazon
24
Gossip Calypso
Trevor Peacock
Bernard Cribbins 02:09 Amazon
25
Shame and Scandal in the Family
Henry Slim Brown / Huon Donaldson
Lance Percival 02:18 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 6
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Atomic Nightmare
Archie Talbot
Talbot Brothers of Bermuda 02:36 Amazon
2
Don't You Call Me Boo Boo
Jack Hammer
Talbot Brothers of Bermuda 02:49 Amazon
3
Collegiate Invasion
Sidney Bean and His Trio 02:32 Amazon
4
Green Ticket
Hubert Smith 02:29 Amazon
5
Right Side of the Road
Hubert Smith
Hubert Smith 01:59 Amazon
6
Don't Touch Me Tomato
Traditional
Goombay Kings 02:19 Amazon
7
Calypso Island
Alice Simms
Eloise Trio 03:17 Amazon
8
Run, Come See Jerusalem
Blake Alphonso Higgs
Blind Blake 02:56 Amazon
9
Delia's Gone
Blake Alphonso Higgs
Blind Blake 02:51 Amazon
10
Hold ‘Em Joe
Lord Foodoos & His Calypso Band 03:32 Amazon
11
Calypso Cha Cha Cha
Count Lasher 02:52 Amazon
12
Don't Blame It on Elvis
Fabulous McClevertys 02:34 Amazon
13
I Like Ike
Mighty Zebra
Mighty Zebra 03:02 Amazon
14
Scandal in St. Thomas
Mighty Zebra
Mighty Zebra 02:57 Amazon
15
Vim, Vigor and Vitality
The La Motta Brothers 02:27 Amazon
16
Calypso Joe
Fred Darian / Margo O'Neale
Luis Amando 02:45 Amazon
17
Calypso Man
Miyin Rodriguez
Pérez Prado 02:25 Amazon
18
Jack, Jack, Jack
El Boy 01:55 Amazon
19
Calypso Blues
Nat King Cole / Don George
Tito Puente & His Orchestra 02:57 Amazon
20
Matilda
Harry Thomas
Cuarteto d'Aida 02:42 Amazon
21
Weekend News
Rufus Callender
Lord Caresser 01:58 Amazon
22
Atomic Energy
Rufus Callender
Lord Caresser 02:56 Amazon
23
Nescafe Calypso
Max Woiski Sr.
Max Woiski & Seine Band 05:03 Amazon
24
Limbo
Traditional
Nina & Frederik 01:49 Amazon
25
Ramadin
Traditional
All Steel Percussion Band of Trinidad 02:40 Amazon
26
Ugly Girls Have Pretty Names
Rupert Clemendore
Geraldo La Viny Et Son Orchestre 03:34 Amazon
27
Mama Ist Aus Kuba
Hans Bradtke / Lord Burgess
Alice Babs 02:58 Amazon
28
The Banana Boat Song
Alan Arkin / Bob Carey / Erik Darling
Michiko Hamamura 03:05 Amazon
29
If You Wanna Be Happy
Frank Guida / Joseph Royster
Jimmy Soul 02:20 Amazon
Track Listing - Disc 7
Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
March of Dimes Calypso [Clip]
March of Dimes Quartet Amazon
2
Stone Cold Dead in the Market [Clip]
Gracie Barrie Amazon
3
Willie Willie [Clip]
Sam Manning / Belle Rosette Amazon
4
Quarry Road [Clip]
Belle Rosette Amazon
5
Fly Joe Fly [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
6
The Devil is a Woman [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
7
Don't Spank de Baby [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
8
Untitled Conga Line [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
9
Calypsociety [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs / Lady T Amazon
10
There's Only One Love (In a Woman's Life) [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
11
Naughty Little Flea [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians Amazon
12
Untitled Percussion Jam [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians / The Lester Horton Dancers Amazon
13
Sweet Sugar Cane Marianne [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders Amazon
14
Marianne
Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders Amazon
15
Take Me Down To Locero [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians / Duke of Iron Amazon
16
Po Mule [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
17
Adam and Evil Blues [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Herb Jeffries & the Calypsomaniacs Amazon
18
Calypso Jamboree [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians Amazon
19
Can't Cross Over [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians Amazon
20
Fly Joe Fly (Reprise) [From the Movie 'Calypso Joe', 1957]
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians / The Lester Horton Dancers / Herb Jeffries Amazon
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