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Island in the Sun (Harry Belafonte song)
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"'Island in the Sun'" is a song written by Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie (Lord Burgess), and performed by Harry Belafonte for the 1957 film 'Island in the Sun' and on his 1957 album 'Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean'.[http://www.discogs.com/Belafonte-Belafonte-Sings-Of-The-Caribbean/master/183388 Belafonte* Belafonte Sings of The Caribbean] In 1962, the song was performed by The Brothers Four on the album 'In Person/Cross-Country Concert'.
The song has also been performed by The Merrymen,[http://www.discogs.com/MerrymenFeaturing-Emile-Straker-Caribbean-Treasure-Chest-The-Sunny-Sound-Of-The-Caribbean/release/2090361 Merrymen, The Featuring Emile Straker Caribbean Treasure Chest (The Sunny Sound Of The Caribbean)] Jos Carreras, The Paragons, Caterina Valente (in German as "Wo meine Sonne scheint "),[http://www.discogs.com/Caterina-Valente-The-Best-Of-Caterina-Valente/master/549161 Caterina Valente The Best Of Caterina Valente] and The Righteous Brothers.[http://www.discogs.com/Righteous-Brothers-Island-In-The-Sun/master/245505 Righteous Brothers, The Island In The Sun]
In 1999, the song was adapted into a children's picture book, illustrated with cut-paper collages by Alex Ayliffe and published by Dial Books. The book was an Amricas Award commended title and received generally positive reviews.
As early as 1958, Henri Salvador wrote lyrics and sang the song in French.
Bo-Gran Edling wrote lyrics in Swedish, and as 'De tusen ars land', the song was recorded by the Streaplers, releasing it as a single in October 1969 with 'En enda kort minut' acting as a B-side. and their version also charted at Svensktoppen for 19 weeks between 28 December 1969[http://www.sr.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3467.txt Svensktoppen - '1969']-4 May 1970,[http://www.sr.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3468.txt Svensktoppen - '1970'] and managed to top the chart. With these lyrics the song was also recorded in 1970 by Nora Brockstedt, by Tage st in 1976, and Kllstrms in 1985 and finally in 2005 by Hans Martin.
With lyrics in Swedish by Margot Borgstrm, as 'Sol, ar, vind och hav', the song was also recorded by Schytts on the 1979 album 'Nya nglaltar' and their version charted for 10 weeks at Svensktoppen between 13 April-24 August 1980, and also managed to top the chart.[http://www.sr.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3478.txt Svensktoppen - '1980']
The Croatian version sung by Darko Rundek was recorded in 2000 for album 'U irokom svijetu'[https://www.discogs.com/Darko-Rundek-U-%C5%A0irokom-Svijetu/master/665208 Darko Rundek - U irokom svijetu] (rereleased in 2017 on compilation 'ApoCalypso')
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Category:Songs about islands
Category:1957 songs
Category:Harry Belafonte songs
Category:Caterina Valente songs
Category:Schytts songs
Category:Streaplers songs
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