Irving Burgie's guest appearances

Irving Burgie

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

The Public Library with Helen Little

The Paul Leslie Hour

Hit Me

Paul Williams

Gary Burr

Robert Earl Keen

Bruce Cockburn

Bill Anderson

John Oates

Beth Nielsen Chapman

Kinky Friedman

DAVID OLNEY

STEVE DORFF

Stephen Bishop

Bob DiPiero

Paula Cole

Buzz Cason

Jimmy Webb

OwlTail

Lord Burgess

Hit Me warms you up with the Calypso style songs composed by the late songwriter Irving Burgie.

Hit Me warms you up with the Calypso style songs composed by the late songwriter Irving Burgie.

Day O Irving Burgie aka Lord Burgess

338 - Irving Burgie Irving Burge was one of the greatest songwriters of our time and his songs will live forever. This interview was recorded and broadcast on the radio in 2008. Born July 28, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, Burgie passed away on November 29, 2019 in Queens, New York.   Irving Burgie, or as he was sometimes known Lord Burgess, wrote many classic songs of the Caribbean such as Day-O, Jamaica Farewell. Burgie composed some 34 songs for the Legendary Harry Belafonte including 8 of the 11 songs on Belafonte's classic Calypso album. From 1956 to 1957, "Calypso" was the first album of any kind to sell one Million copies. He also wrote songs for the Kingston Trio during the group's heyday as well as lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados. His songs have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Everyone has heard Irving Burgie's music...at concerts and sporting events all over the world, on the radio and in movies. His songs have been recorded by too many artists to even name.

<h1>338 - Irving Burgie</h1> Irving Burge was one of the greatest songwriters of our time and his songs will live forever. This interview was recorded and broadcast on the radio in 2008. Born July 28, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, Burgie passed away on November 29, 2019 in Queens, New York. Irving Burgie, or as he was sometimes known Lord Burgess, wrote many classic songs of the Caribbean such as Day-O, Jamaica Farewell. Burgie composed some 34 songs for the Legendary Harry Belafonte including 8 of the 11 songs on Belafonte's classic Calypso album. From 1956 to 1957, "Calypso" was the first album of any kind to sell one Million copies. He also wrote songs for the Kingston Trio during the group's heyday as well as lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados. His songs have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Everyone has heard Irving Burgie's music...at concerts and sporting events all over the world, on the radio and in movies. His songs have been recorded by too many artists to even name.

#338 - Irving Burgie

Lord Irving Burgie and Day-O: The Autobiography of Irving Burgie

After serving in World War II, Irving Burgie attended Juilliard where he studied classical voice. He eventually fell in love with folk music, and landed a steady gig as a Calypso singer at a Caribbean-themed Chicago nightclub in the early 1950s. Returning to New York, he became known as Lord Burgess on the Greenwich Village folk scene. He contributed eight songs to Harry Belafonte’s Calypso album in 1956, which became the first million selling LP in any genre, and spent an astounding 31 weeks at #1 on the Billboard pop chart. Burgie went on to write the majority of Belafonte’s hit albums Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean in 1957 and Jump Up Calypso in 1961. In total, he wrote more than thirty songs for Belafonte, including the hit singles “Jamaica Farewell,” “Day-O,” “Don’t Ever Love Me,” “Cocoanut Woman,” and “Island in the Sun.” Thanks to his strong reputation for popularizing island music, Burgie wrote the National Anthem of Barbados in 1966. In addition to Harry Belafonte, other artists who’ve tapped the Irving Burgie catalog include Sam Cooke, Julio Iglesias, Taj Mahal, The Kinks, Jimmy Buffett, Marty Robbins, Don Williams, Arlo Guthrie, The Righteous Brothers, Tom Rush, Carly Simon, Chubby Checker, and Patti Page. “Day-O” continues to live on, and, in more recent years, has been sampled by Jason Derulo in “I Don’t Wanna Go Home," and by Lil’ Wayne in “Six Foot, Seven Foot.” Burgie was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.   

After serving in World War II, Irving Burgie attended Juilliard where he studied classical voice. He eventually fell in love with folk music, and landed a steady gig as a Calypso singer at a Caribbean-themed Chicago nightclub in the early 1950s. Returning to New York, he became known as Lord Burgess on the Greenwich Village folk scene. He contributed eight songs to Harry Belafonte’s Calypso album in 1956, which became the first million selling LP in any genre, and spent an astounding 31 weeks at #1 on the Billboard pop chart. Burgie went on to write the majority of Belafonte’s hit albums Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean in 1957 and Jump Up Calypso in 1961. In total, he wrote more than thirty songs for Belafonte, including the hit singles “Jamaica Farewell,” “Day-O,” “Don’t Ever Love Me,” “Cocoanut Woman,” and “Island in the Sun.” Thanks to his strong reputation for popularizing island music, Burgie wrote the National Anthem of Barbados in 1966. In addition to Harry Belafonte, other artists who’ve tapped the Irving Burgie catalog include Sam Cooke, Julio Iglesias, Taj Mahal, The Kinks, Jimmy Buffett, Marty Robbins, Don Williams, Arlo Guthrie, The Righteous Brothers, Tom Rush, Carly Simon, Chubby Checker, and Patti Page. “Day-O” continues to live on, and, in more recent years, has been sampled by Jason Derulo in “I Don’t Wanna Go Home," and by Lil’ Wayne in “Six Foot, Seven Foot.” Burgie was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.

Ep. 31 - IRVING BURGIE ("Day-O")