Island in the Sun (Harry Belafonte Song)

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Island in the Sun is a song written in 1957 by Lord Burgess and Harry Belafonte . It served as the score for the film of the same name from 1957 with James Mason and Harry Belafonte. Cover versions of the English version were recorded by The Paragons , among others .

The song describes the beauty of a tropical island and is considered the unofficial anthem of the West Indies .

Caterina Valente landed a number one hit with the German version of the song with the lyrics by Kurt Feltz under the title Where my sun shines . The German version was covered by Freddy Quinn .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun. Retrieved March 21, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Hot Earth (1957) - Island in the Sun (original title). Retrieved March 21, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Martin Ketels, Sanna Dinse (editor): Liederkorb (=  songbook 5 ). kunter-bund-edition, Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-7663-1018-6 , No. 68.
  4. ↑ Hits 1957 (Top 10 evaluation). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 23, 2013 ; Retrieved March 21, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chartsurfer.de
  5. ↑ Caterina Valente - Where my sun shines. Retrieved March 21, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Freddy Quinn - Where My Sun Shines. Retrieved March 21, 2013 .