this is not the first version, the first version is unknown as it was a traditional song.. but the earliest recording was by edric connor there is a you tube version of it
release dates escape me, but i do know the tarriers were first to get in the top 5 on the east coast...and not long after came harry's version, and it went even higher...
I think they were both out around the same time. Heard it on Bandstand and my grandmother bought it for me - but it was Belefonte's version and I wanted this one. So the next week she bought me the Tarriers. So I have both!
As much as I enjoy Harry Belafonte's version,I must confess that I like this one better--there's something about it that makes me do so.Thanks for having this one on your channel!
i LOVE this song. I knew it as a very young child by the Country Gentlemen, a bluegrass version recorded in around 1960 or 61. Charlie Waller had an amazing voice, and I love the song to this day.
The Tarriers didn't write this song... it's a Jamaican folk song. They didn't even record it first; Harry Belafonte's version was out before this one was.
It might be based on a Jamaican folk song but the songwriters are listed on this 45 as the members of this group. This song predates the Belafonte version; it came out one month before.
According to the "Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits", the Tarriers original version released on 12-22-56 went to number 4. Harry Belafonte version released on 1-12-57 only went to number 5.
The first recorded version was done by Trinidadian singer Edric Conner and his band "The Carribeans" in 1952, on the album Songs From Jamaica. The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group (Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin) are sometimes credited as the writers of the song, perhaps because their version of the song, which mixed in "Hill and Gully Rider", was an original creation. Their version was actually written by folk singer Bob Gibson.
Its a Jamaican folk song. No one know who made it up because it is a FOLK SONG! I was being sung waaay before the 1950s and long before it was ever recorded. The Terriers mixed the two folk songs together and called themselves writing a new song. That's why they have writing credits. These songs belong to our little island (from which Harry's grandparents originate) and it's a shame that others try to take any credit. Keep in mind Billboard book of top 40 hits only counts recorded versions.
I received my 45, The Tarriers version, for Christmas in 1956... and it had played on the radio before then.
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rusty1491 4 months ago
this is not the first version, the first version is unknown as it was a traditional song.. but the earliest recording was by edric connor there is a you tube version of it
drgeff 11 months ago
release dates escape me, but i do know the tarriers were first to get in the top 5 on the east coast...and not long after came harry's version, and it went even higher...
emb1st 1 year ago
this was a hit long before day0 came out ...i remember because i bought them when they became available.
and i like them both because they're different..
emb1st 2 years ago
I think they were both out around the same time. Heard it on Bandstand and my grandmother bought it for me - but it was Belefonte's version and I wanted this one. So the next week she bought me the Tarriers. So I have both!
Syl1969 1 year ago
As much as I enjoy Harry Belafonte's version,I must confess that I like this one better--there's something about it that makes me do so.Thanks for having this one on your channel!
AnthonysDen 2 years ago 2
i LOVE this song. I knew it as a very young child by the Country Gentlemen, a bluegrass version recorded in around 1960 or 61. Charlie Waller had an amazing voice, and I love the song to this day.
Rcksaltnnails 2 years ago
The Tarriers didn't write this song... it's a Jamaican folk song. They didn't even record it first; Harry Belafonte's version was out before this one was.
imeatingabagel 3 years ago
It might be based on a Jamaican folk song but the songwriters are listed on this 45 as the members of this group. This song predates the Belafonte version; it came out one month before.
VinylNostalgia 3 years ago
According to the "Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits", the Tarriers original version released on 12-22-56 went to number 4. Harry Belafonte version released on 1-12-57 only went to number 5.
VinylNostalgia 3 years ago
The first recorded version was done by Trinidadian singer Edric Conner and his band "The Carribeans" in 1952, on the album Songs From Jamaica. The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group (Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin) are sometimes credited as the writers of the song, perhaps because their version of the song, which mixed in "Hill and Gully Rider", was an original creation. Their version was actually written by folk singer Bob Gibson.
gs155953 2 years ago
Its a Jamaican folk song. No one know who made it up because it is a FOLK SONG! I was being sung waaay before the 1950s and long before it was ever recorded. The Terriers mixed the two folk songs together and called themselves writing a new song. That's why they have writing credits. These songs belong to our little island (from which Harry's grandparents originate) and it's a shame that others try to take any credit. Keep in mind Billboard book of top 40 hits only counts recorded versions.
JahNelli 2 years ago
What a treat!! Thank you again for all your work in bringing all these great songs back to us.
Besides Alan Arkin, this group was Bob Carey & Erik Darling. Erik went on to The Weavers and then The Rooftop Singers.
jaws2z 3 years ago
Thanks!
zaaritha 3 years ago