Irving Burgie, a singer and songwriter who wrote many calypso hits for Harry Belafonte and others, including the 1956 hit “Day-O” (“The Banana Boat Song”), died on Friday, according to the New York ...

Who Wrote “Mama Look a Boo Boo”? The song was written by its original singer, Lord Melody, alongside Lord Burgess, with Belafonte also being credited for adapting some of the lyrics for his version.

Fast rising in U.S. jukebox popularity this week is a macabre little ditty about a woman’s right to kill a man with a frying pan, since he was “nobody but my husband.” Sung by Ella (A Tisket, a Tasket ...