The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4784   Message #26412
Posted By: Bob Bolton
24-Apr-98 - 01:55 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Rum and Coconut Water
Subject: RE: lyric: drink'n rum and coconut water-need son
G'day all,

Some grey cell way back there remembers the "coconut water" version, before the Andrews Sisters. (Query: Is there such a time as "before the Andrews Sisters"?)

Also, I remember hearing that the first commercial exposure of Calypso music in USA was a recording by Robert Mitchum - and that this began the interest that led to the appearance and subsequent success of Harry Belafonte.

Regards, Bob Bolton