RARE 1957 EDRIC CONNOR FOOTBALL 78 MANCHESTER UNITED CALYPSO ORIOLE CB 1362 E
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS FAMOUS FOOTBALL CALYPSO 78 FROM EDRIC CONNOR
MANCHESTER UNITED CALYPSO
b/w YORUMBA HIGHLIFE
Edric Connor (August 2, 1913 - October 13, 1968) was a pioneering Calypso singer and actor who was born in Mayaro, Trinidad in 1913. He was one of the trailblazers of the calypso genre in the United Kingdom, where he migrated in 1944 and chiefly lived and worked until his death from ancylostomiasis in Putney, London, at the age of 55.
Connor acted in a total of 18 films and was best noted for his role as "Daggoo" in Moby Dick (1956 film). Connor also co-starred with Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Lemmon in the 1957 film Fire Down Below, directed by Robert Parrish, playing the character Jimmy Jean, who was the third man on the "boat-for-hire" along with Mitchum and Lemmon.
In 1952, with his band "The Caribbeans" (subsequently called The Southlanders) Connor recorded a "groundbreaking LP of Jamaican folk music" entitled Songs from Jamaica. This included the song "Day Dah Light", which portrayed the hard life of Caribbean field workers. The song was later recorded by Jamaican folk singer Louise Bennett in 1954, and was later rewritten by Irving Burgie and William Attaway in 1955. The version performed by legendary singer Harry Belafonte became popularly known as "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", reaching number five on the Billboard charts in 1957, and was even featured in the popular film directed by Tim Burton, Beetlejuice, in 1988.
Connor's acting for television included roles in the espionage series Danger Man: as the character Thompson in "Deadline" (1962, the final episode of the first series, which unusually featured an almost all-black cast), and memorably as opposition leader Dr Manudu in the series 2 episode entitled "The Galloping Major" (first aired on 3 November 1964).
A prestigious annual award named after him, the Edric Connor Inspiration Award, is made annually in his honour in the Screen Nation Film & TV Awards. It was won by Joseph Marcell in 2012 and in 2011 by Sir Trevor MacDonald OBE, other previous winners including Moira Stuart (2007), Mona Hammond (2006) and Lenny Henry (2002). In 2014 the award was posthumously given to Felix Dexter
Red fans will know him, as Edric Connor's song "Manchester United Calypso" is still heard on the terraces even today, AND WAS THE CLUBS FIRST AND ORIGINAL SONG.
THIS IS A RARE 78!!
DISC DETAILS
UK ORIOLE CB 1362 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
A Side: MANCHESTER UNITED CALYPSO
B Side: YORIMBA HIGHLIFE
CONDITION - EX COMES IN ORIGINAL SLEEVE
THIS 78 IS VERY HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS!
DON'T MISS IT
BUY NOW!
10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!
THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,
I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK
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