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  Irving Burgie: Composer who co-wrote Harry Belafonte hit Day-O dies aged 95

  Irving Burgie, who co-wrote the Harry Belafonte hit Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) and helped to popularise Caribbean music in the 1950s, has died aged 95. Burgie's songs, which also included calypso tracks Island in the Sun and Jamaica Farewell, have sold over 100 million records worldwide. Artists who recorded his tracks included Jimmy Buffett, Brian Wilson, Carly Simon, Chuck Berry and Sam Cooke.

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  Writer of Harry Belafonte’s calypso hit Day-O dies aged 95

  Composer Irving Burgie, who helped popularise Caribbean music and co-wrote the enduring Harry Belafonte hit Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), has died at the age of 95.At the Barbados Independence Day Parade on Saturday, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced Burgie had died on Friday.Day-O, written in 1952, has been ubiquitous, appearing in everything from the film and Broadway musical Beetlejuice to an E-Trade commercial. It was also the wake-up call for the astronauts on two Space Shuttle miss

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  The Beach Bum trailer: Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron star in new stoner comedy film

  Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron take centre stage in the trailer for their psychedelic new film. The Beach Bum, the latest offering from Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine, sees McConaughey playing a character called Moondog, alongside Jonah Hill, Isla Fisher and Snoop Dogg.

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  Anxious politicians and volunteers make final election push

  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Campaigns are cranking up their efforts on the final anxious weekend before the 2018 midterms, and each side is warning of dire consequences if it fails.

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  Beach Boys versus Sara Evans at July 4th rival TV concerts

  NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is usually a time for national unity, but there promises to be some division this year at the capital — at least when it comes to what to watch.

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  Vincent Nguini, guitarist for Paul Simon, dead at 65

  NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Nguini, a guitarist from Cameroon who worked with Paul Simon since the late 1980s, died last week in Brazil. He was 65.

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  Discover the other Florida – Pensacola

  Pensacola: the western gate to the Sunshine State, where thousands live the way millions wish they could. Pensacola is Florida’s westernmost city, closer to New Orleans than Tallahassee. It’s where the Panhandle meets the Deep South and they go to the beach: Pensacola Beach, a sugar-white sandbank eight miles out to sea from the city.

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  Clinton wraps up Hamptons fundraising swing

  Hillary Clinton is wrapping a fundraising blitz in the Hamptons, where she has racked up millions during a three-day swing. The top-dollar tour concluded Tuesday night with an event in Sag Harbor complete with performances from Jimmy Buffett, Jon Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney. On an outdoor stage, Buffet entertained for more than an hour, playing hits like "Margaritaville" and "Cheesburgers in Paradise." Bon Jovi serenaded the crowd with "Who Says You Can't Go Home," and McCartney's numbers incl

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  Boston Bombings: Benefit Concert For Victims

  Boston bands and singers will headline a concert to benefit Boston Marathon bombing victims.

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