Irving Burgie, a singer and songwriter who penned lyrics for the classic tune, 'Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),' which was made famous by Harry Belafonte, has died, his son said. He was 95.
Irving Burgie, a singer and songwriter who penned lyrics for the classic tune,"Day-O ," which was made famous by Harry Belafonte, has died, his son said. He was 95.
Burgie died Friday in Brooklyn, Andrew Burgie said Sunday in a phone interview with CNN. Burgie had lived a mostly healthy life, but had bouts with heart failure in the last few years, his son said."I thank God he lived this long," Andrew Burgie said. The elder Burgie was born in Brooklyn. He served in all-black US Army battalion in World War II, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the used the G.I. Bill to attend Julliard School, where he majored in voice.
'Banana Boat' has been good to Belafonte 01:59Burgie wrote the lyrics to the national anthem for his mother's homeland of Barbados after the country gained independence in 1966. A day after his death, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced his passing during the nation's Independence Day Parade, and they remembered him with a moment of silence, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.CNN's Darran Simon contributed to this report.
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