Artist: Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer
Released: 1954
Lyrical relic: LIFE Magazine
LIFE lost its life three times. LIFE magazine was once one of the most popular general interest magazines in America. It was known for its striking photographs and lauded for pioneering the field of photojournalism. First published in 1936, it remained a weekly publication until 1972. With the rise in popularity of television, its advertising sales and audience had begun to dwindle. However, it was resuscitated for several special issues in the 70s. In 1978, it became a monthly publication, although on a reduced scale. The plug was pulled out for good in 2000. Well…not really! It was revived yet again in 2004, this time as a free weekly supplement to U.S. newspapers, and was kept alive until 2007.
In A Bunch of Bananas (The Heming Way), we are transported to Africa for a LIFE Magazine photoshoot. With its racist stereotype of the African cannibal, this song would make anyone cringe today.
On Congo we meet a pretty cannibal Queen We are posing for pictures in the LIFE magazine
This topical song attempts to satirize writer Ernest Hemingway’s recent brush with death at the time. At the start of 1954, Hemingway crashed his plane twice in two days during an African safari. He had been feared dead and some premature obituaries were published.
I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin They keep the hunger out and the happiness in I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin My luck she is running very goo
“My luck, she is running very good.” Hemingway is quoted as having said when he finally emerged out of the jungle. He was carrying a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin” according to the New York Times report . There were no reports of him meeting any actual cannibals, of the royal persuasion or otherwise.
Hemingway himself made the cover of Life Magazine three times: in 1952,1960 and 1961. The July 14, 1961 edition would be the one that would feature his true obituary.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/04/specials/hemingway-jungle.html
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