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Yates, George
Yellow Bird |
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Yates, George |
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Leader of Desperadoes during the
1940 and 1950s. |
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Oberhaupt der
Desperadoes während 1940 bis 1950. |
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Yellow Bird |
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Jamaicans and Trinidadians, both claiming
that the song originated on their island, when in fact
they were both wrong. The true origins of the favorite
Caribbean song "Yellow Bird" are in Haiti. The real name
was "Shukun", had a great significance in Haiti, and it
was over a hundred years old when it became popular in
the 60's. Almost none of the other 'island songs' came
from the island! Most of them, like "Jamaica Farewell",
"Island in the Sun", "Matilda", "Day'O", etc., were
written by jewish New Yorkers, for some Harry Belafonte
movies, (late 50's or early 60's). Movies like "Fire
down Below" and "Island in the Sun". Most people have no
idea that these are not really island songs at all, but
rather Hollywood interpretations of island music. |
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Jamaica und
Trinidad, beide behaupten der berühmte Song stamme von
ihrer Insel. Anscheinend ist es aber ein traditionelles
Volkslied aus Haiti, und wurde unter dem Namen "Shukun"
schon seit über 100 Jahren gesungen als es in den 60ern
popularisiert wurde. Von den anderen typischen 'Island
Songs' kommt fast keiner wirklich von den Inseln. Die
meisten wurden in New York für Harry Belafontes Filme
komponiert, und sind Hollywood Interpretationen des
Island Feelings. |
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