Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Jamaica Farewell (Harry Belafonte, 1957). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2021-10-20. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"Jamaica Farewell," written by Irving Burgie (D. Hinckley, dhinckley.medium.com, Dec. 1, 2019), was Harry Belafonte's first entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1956; the song rose to the #14 position and remained on the chart for 26 weeks (Whitburn, 2013). The melody of the song was taken from a Jamaican mento "Iron Bar" (Wikipedia, 2021; Youtube, 2011, https://youtu.be/KpwoNK3nwiw).

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