Mother and Child Reunion-- Paul Simon

[Haggard Celine]

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Answer to the trivia question "What was the first Billboard US Top 10 hit that was Reggae?"

[Haggard Celine]

2. It was this song?

I figured it would have been Day-O! Or whatever the name of the song was. But I guess it wouldn't have made it into the Top Ten. Paul Simon could do it, though, sort of like Elvis could bring black music to white kids.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Called The Banana Boat Song, and Belafonte's version hit #5 ...

And although it's a Jamaican song, it's not considered to be in the Reggae style.

[Haggard Celine]

4. That's it! I loved that song when I was a kid.

Sometimes I have a hard time telling the difference between reggae and other music from the Caribbean.

[demigoddess]

5. rediscovered Simon and Garfunkel recently. Best music ever.

Each of them, both of them are fabulous.