"Jump in the line" aka Shake Senora | original melody done by Growler as "Calypso Behind the Wall"!
I recently did a post regarding the song 'Jump in the line' aka Shake Senora that was recently recorded by rapper Armando Christian Pérez aka "Pitbull". In that article I made the case that the original jump in the line was done by Lord Kitchener in 1946. That song went on to become the road march in that year and was subsequently used by Lord Invader for his song entitled Labor Day (Jump in the line).
I recently did a post regarding the song 'Jump in the line' aka Shake Senora that was recently recorded by rapper Armando Christian Pérez aka "Pitbull". In that article I made the case that the original jump in the line was done by Lord Kitchener in 1946. That song went on to become the road march in that year and was subsequently used by Lord Invader for his song entitled Labor Day (Jump in the line).
Well the story just got a little complicated. I found an article written by Piero Scaruffi entitled "A brief summary of Latin-American Popular music". In that article there is a section on Trinidad's Calypso music. The paragraph gives a brief history of calypso in Trinidad but sheds light on the beginnings of the early music with a special reference to Raymond "Atilla the Hun" Quevado.
Here is a clip from the article that piqued my interest:
"Other classics of the early era were Raymond "Attila The Hun" Quevedo's West Indian Federation (1933), Women Will Rule the World (1935) and Calypso Behind The Wall, later covered by Belafonte as Jump In The Line, Frederick "Wilmoth Houdini" Hendricks' War Declaration (1934) and He Had It Coming (1939), covered by Louis Jordan as Stone Cold Dead in the Market (1946), Neville "Growling Tiger" Marcano'sMoney is King (1935), Norman "King Radio" Span's Matilda (1938), Rupert "Lord Invader" Grant's Don't Stop the Carnival (1939) and Rum and Coca Cola (1944), Aldwyn "Lord Kitchener" Roberts' Tie Tongue Mopsy (1946), Irvin Burgie's Day O and Island in the Sun, both covered by Belafonte."
In other words Harry Belafonte sampled the Calypso Behind the Wall melody for his version of "Jump in the Line as per the following: The melody of Growler's "Calypso Behind The Wall" was popularized by American singer Harry Belafonte who recorded it as "Jump In The Line" a song originally composed and sung by Lord Kitchener in 1946.
This composition "Calypso Behind The Wall" was done long before Lord Kitchener's song Jump in the line" was released in 1946 and Mr. Belafonte's release of the song in 1961. This changes everything and the search for an answer to the question continues: Who owns the 'rights' to the song "Jump in the line" aka Shake Senora? It is apparent that the originators of the melody were not recognized or possibly compensated by the person(s) who sampled the song, "Calypso Behind The Wall".
Here is a link to a version of the song "Calypso Behind The Wall" as done by Errol Duke aka "The Growler". This song is part of a Rounder CD of various artists entitled "Fall of Man: Calypsos on the Human Condition 1935-1941".
Listen for similarities to the song Jump in the Line: Song