However, the original version of the song ( which Amsterdam did not write ) was performed by a Trinidadian calypso singer named Lord Invader, and Amsterdam was subsequently involved in a copyright suit over the song, which dragged on until 1948.

Their music was a dance-oriented version of many kinds of Caribbean and Latin popular music, such as Cuban bolero, Brazilian samba, the merengue from the Dominican Republic, Trinidadian calypso, and American funk.

A calypso version was recorded by Germany's Roberto Delgado, while in Sweden, an accordion version was released.

His first unsuccessful solo recording was a cover version of Hank Williams ' " Kaw-Liga ", but in 1957 his recording of a calypso called " Last Train To San Fernando " became the seventeenth most popular recording of that year in the UK, when its only rivals were Buddy Holly's " That'll Be The Day "; " True Love " by Bing Crosby and " Diana " by Paul Anka.

The Andrews Sisters ' version sparked a new fad for this infectious new style, calypso.

Regarding its name, many refer to the fact that Lord Shorty initially referred to his musical hybrid as " solka ", representing the true " soul of calypso ", and the name was later changed to " soca " by a music journalist.

* A calypso musical adaptation was presented by the Untitled Theater Company # 61 in New York in 2008.

Discover America was a tribute to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago and to calypso music.

The second single was " Coconut ", a novelty calypso number featuring four characters ( the narrator, the brother, the sister, and the doctor ) all sung ( at Perry's suggestion ) in different voices by Nilsson.

It is thought that the name " calypso " was originally " kaiso ," which is now believed to come from Efik " ka isu " ' go on!

The official birth of calypso was 1912, when Lovey's String Band recorded the first identifiably calypso genre song while visiting New York City.

In 1914, the second calypso song was recorded, this time in Trinidad, by chantwell Julian Whiterose, better known as the Iron Duke and famous stick fighter.

He was one of the pioneers in spreading awareness of calypso beyond its birthplace in Trinidad and Tobago.

Lionel Belasco ( 1881 – c. June 24, 1967 ) was a prominent pianist, composer and bandleader, best known for his calypso recordings.

He is unusual as a calypsonian in the fact that his instrument was the piano, ( not exactly the best instrument for the calypso tent.

He became active in calypso in the mid-1930s, and was considered a country bumpkin by his contemporaries, because of his humble beginning.

In 1912, calypso was recorded for the first time and the following decade saw the arrival of calypso tent.

Belafonte, a Jamaican-American singing in American English, was by far the most popular internationally during this wave ( with his Calypso album, Belafonte was the first artist to sell a million copies ), but his music was also extensively criticized for watering down the sound of calypso.

Kitchener was by far the most popular of the Young Brigade calypsonians, and he helped popularize calypso in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Mighty Sparrow's first hit was Jean and Dinah, celebrating the departure of American military forces from Trinidad ; the song launched a new generation of politically active calypso music, which soon became associated with the People's National Movement.

Roaring Lion was also a major part of this vanguard in calypso music, and he became known for a traditionalist style that he maintained throughout his career.

The most influential band in the development of cadence-lypso was Exile One ( based on the island of Guadeloupe ) in 1973 that combined cadence rampa and calypso.

Sierra Leonean palm wine music is known as maringa, and it was first popularized by Ebenezer Calendar & His Maringar Band, who used styles that came from freed slaves from the Caribbean, especially Trinidadian calypso.

The show's original pilot episode featured a calypso theme song by future film composer John Williams, and different lyrics.

Several films jumped on the calypso craze in 1957 such as Island in the Sun ( 20th Century Fox ) that featured Belafonte and the low-budget films Calypso Joe ( Allied Artists ), Calypso Heat Wave ( Columbia Pictures ), and Bop Girl Goes Calypso ( United Artists ).

The show also featured the band in a calypso segment playing Caribbean steel drums and in an unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some rock and roll classics.

The music and dance forms of the African diaspora, including African American music and many Caribbean genres like soca, calypso and Zouk ; and Latin American music genres like the samba, rumba, salsa ; and other clave ( rhythm )- based genres, were founded to varying degrees on the music of African slaves, which has in turn influenced African popular music.

On Monday a carnival pageant is held on stage at Queen's Park, where costumes, themes and calypso queens are judged.

# Rockso: A futuristic-sounding, North American / Trinidadian ' mutant ' style of calypso, focusing on a wide range of subject matter and ' flows ' ( delivery ), song arrangements, innovative, bass-laden drum patterns, quirky sound effects, elements of ' extempo ' ( freestyle lyricism ), and an urban music sensibility.

Soul shouter Gary " US " Bonds released a calypso album Twist up Calypso ( 1962 ) on Legrand records, shortly after returning home from his military post in Port of Spain.

That same year he released his second calypso album, Jump Up Calypso, which went on to become another million seller.

Thus, on his breakthrough album, Into the Purple Valley, he chose unusual instrumentations and arrangements of blues, gospel, calypso, and country songs ( giving a tempo change to the cowboy ballad " Billy the Kid ").

Less lyrically revolutionary than traditional calypso, soca has remained mostly focused on good times throughout its history, though artists like Gypsy ( whose 1986 " The Sinking Ship " helped remove the People's National Movement from the Trinidadian government ) continued calypso's socially-aware traditions.

Rapso has currently become one of the most prevalent expressions of music on Trinidad itself, but is largely absorbed into calypso during Carnival celebrations and contests.

By the beginning of the 1960s, calypso and Trinidadian steelpan became the most popular styles of music on Dominica, replacing traditional Carnival music like chanté mas and lapo kabwit.

The most influential band in the development of cadence-lypso was Exile One ( based on the island of Guadeloupe ) in 1973 that combined cadence rampa and calypso.

Originally featuring masquerade songs ( chanté mas ) and other local traditions, traditional Carnival, Mas Domnik, came to be dominated by imported calypso music and steel bands in the early 1960s ; calypso appealed to Carnival-goers because the lyrical focus on local news and gossip was similar to that of chanté mas, despite a rhythmic pattern and instrumentation which contrast sharply with traditional Dominican Mas Domnik music.

Hull is mentioned by name in the 1937 calypso song " FDR in Trinidad " popularized by Attila the Hun, and also by Ry Cooder on his 1972 album Into the Purple Valley.

In 1957, riding on the popularity of calypso, Angelou recorded her first album, Miss Calypso, which was reissued as a CD in 1996.

Modern influences from Trinidad have organized the Carriacou song style, and there are competitions similar to calypso tents on the island.

The songs on A Picture of Nectar explore a variety of musical genres, including jazz, country, calypso, rock and roll and neo-psychedelia.

The West Indian fans nicknamed him "" Mr Bumper Man " and someone wrote a calypso about him that was based on the sea shanty Drunken Sailor.

The four drew up a contract as equal partners in Werber's office in San Francisco, deciding first on the name " Kingston Trio " because it evoked, through its association with Kingston, Jamaica, the calypso music popular at the time, and second on the uniform of three-quarter-length sleeved vertically striped shirts that the group hoped would help their target audience of college students to identify with them.

Over the years, the Kingston Trio expanded its song selection beyond the rearranged traditional numbers, calypso songs, and Broadway show tunes that had appeared on its first several albums.

While this style is unique, calypso and soca have had slight influences on it.