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Irving Louis Burgie (born July 28, 1924),〔(The Music Sack ) Accessed October 28, 2008.〕 better known as Lord Burgess, is an American songwriter, born in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia. He is best known for the song "Jamaica Farewell", for which he wrote the lyrics. It was recorded by Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Buffett, Carly Simon and others. Burgie is the composer of 34 songs for Harry Belafonte, including eight of the eleven songs on the Belafonte album ''Calypso,'' which reached #1 on the Billboard charts. It was the first album of any kind to sell one million copies.〔(Irving Burgie (2007) Day-O!!! )〕 In 1955, Burgie and William Attaway wrote a version of the lyrics for "Banana Boat Song" for the ''Colgate Comedy Hour, ''which was performed by Belafonte. This is the version that is by far the best known to listeners today, as it reached number five on the ''Billboard'' charts in 1957 and later became his signature song. Burgie wrote the music and lyrics for the 1963 Off-Broadway musical ''Ballad for Bimshire''. He also co-wrote the book with Loften Mitchell. The show opened at the Mayfair Theater on October 15 and ran for 74 performances. Burgie also wrote the lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados.〔(Olympics 2012: The secrets behind national anthems )〕 His life story has been recorded in the book "Day-O". To date, songs penned by Irving Burgie have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. ==Discography== *''Island in the Sun: The Songs of Irving Burgie'', Angel 52222, 1996 *''The Father Of Modern Calypso'', VLT-15170, 2003〔http://www.valley-entertainment.com/the-father-of-modern-calypso-1.html The Father of Modern Calypso Album Page〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lord Burgess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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