Juanita Banana (song)
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"Juanita Banana" | |
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Single by The Peels | |
B-side | "Fun" |
Released | 1966 |
Recorded | 1966 |
Label | Karate 522 Stateside 513 (UK) |
Songwriter(s) | Tash Howard Murray Kenton |
Producer(s) | "A (Tash) Howard/Smith Production" |
"Juanita Banana" is a novelty song adaptation from Mexican folk music by and .[1] The song, which tells the story of a Mexican banana farmer's daughter with operatic ambitions and whose chorus is an adaptation of "Caro Nome" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto, was originally released in the United States in 1966.
The Peels[]
The original release of "Juanita Banana" was performed by The Peels, a studio group assembled by co-writer Tash Howard, who also co-produced the single. The Peels consisted of Gail Allan (22), Bill Spilka (25) and Harvey Davis (23). and Harold Swart[2] Howard also wrote "Juanita Banana Part 2" for The Peels as a follow-up release later in the same year.
The record by The Peels charted on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #59 in 1966.[3]
The Verdi-inspired chorus of the Peels recording was sampled later that year in the Dickie Goodman record "Batman & His Grandmother".[citation needed]
Other versions[]
Henri Salvador, Luis Aguilé, , Paola Neri, , Los Yaki, Quartetto Cetra and Bukasový Masív were among the many artists who recorded non-English cover versions of the song.
The song was also covered by Freddie & The Dreamers on their 1967 album ‘King Freddie & His Dreaming Knights’.
Notes[]
- ^ "Hills, The – Juanita Banana / Fun (Austrian release)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "The Peels Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ^ [1][dead link]
External links[]
- The Juanita Banana phenomenon at Poparchives
- Novelty songs
- 1966 singles
- 1966 songs
- Songs about Mexico
- Fictional Mexican people
- 1960s single stubs
- 1960s pop song stubs