Jamaica, Land We Love (Solo Guitar Version)
by Jamaica
by Jamaica
Making her only appearance in a Broadway book musical, Lena Horne was the main attraction when this show opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York on 31 October 1957. Ironically, it is sometimes claimed that Harry Belafonte was first choice for the leading role until he became unwell (Horne herself says: "There's always been talk of a slight resemblance!"). If that is so, then the book, by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Fred Saidly, obviously underwent some radical changes to enable Savannah (Lena Horne), to become the object of affection for Koli (Ricardo Montalban), a fisherman who lives on a mythical, magical tropical paradise known as Pigeon Island. Savannah is dissatisfied with that particular island, and would much prefer to move to another one where there is a bit more action - like Manhattan, for instance. However, after briefly flirting with an example of the civilization from that area in the shape of Joe Nashua (Joe Adams), she thinks better of it, and decides to settle for what she has got. The show had a top-notch score by Harburg and composer Harold Arlen, which included the outstanding ballad, "Cocoanut Sweet", along with "I Don't Think I'll End It Today", "Ain't It The Truth", "Pretty To Walk With", "Little Biscuit", "Incompatibility", "Take It Slow, Joe", "Napoleon", an amusing "list" song, and Savannah's hymn to Manhattan, "Push De Button". A few years later, another of the songs, "What Good Does It Do?", received a sensitive reading from Tony Bennett on an album he recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. On the strength of Lena Horne's box-office appeal (she was at her peak around this time), the show ran for nearly a year and a half, a total of 559 performances.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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