[78-L] Burl Ives (was Double Response)

[David Lennick]

You're right..it even sounds like Harlem to me. Ah woe, ah me.

I had that Mercury lp..what are the 2 extra tracks? Only 6 in the Keynote album.
A Night in Central Park
Ugly Woman
Scandal in the Family
The Young Girls Today
The Century of the Common Man
Trinidad is Changing

dl

On 7/31/2011 11:19 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> Listening to Sir Lancelot's version, it is apparent that Burl Ives misheard the name "Holland Man" as "Harlem Man." This references comes from Scarborough, the capital of the island of Tobago (which neighbors Trinidad), which was fought over during its history by the Dutch, French, and English. Holland controlled Tobago in the 1600s, resulting in part of Scarborough being called "Dutch Fort" or "Fort Holland."
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> Cary Ginell
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>>>> Okay, he also did a not half bad version of Shame and Scandal in the Family,
>>>> titled The Harlem Man. (Why "The Harlem Man", I wonder?)
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>>>> dl
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