• "Back to Back, Belly to Belly" by The Charmer (
Louis Farrakhan) with Johnny McCleverty Calypso Boys recorded in 1954. • King Flash and
Calypso Carnival recorded a version of "Zombie Jamboree" in 1956. • Jamaican
mento singer Lord Foodoos recorded "Back to Back" for his 1957
Elektra album
Calypso, an early production by
Jac Holzman, who later produced
The Doors,
Nico and
The Stooges among others. • A version of "Jumbee Jamboree" appears in the 1957 movie
Calypso Joe. • Jamaican mento group The Wrigglers recorded "Back to Back" for their 1958 album
At the Arawak featuring
Ernest Ranglin on guitar. •
The Kingston Trio recorded "Zombie Jamboree" on their
...from the Hungry i and
Stereo Concert albums, both released in early 1959. •
Harry Belafonte recorded five versions of the song (in 1962, 1964, 1966, 1972 and 1974). It first appeared on Belafonte's
The Many Moods of Belafonte and later became one of his signature songs. • Lord Jellicoe and His Calypso Monarchs recorded a version of "Zombie Jamboree" in 1962. •
Peter Tosh recorded "Jumbee Jamboree" with
The Wailers in 1965. It used the original lyrics of the song (not the Zombie ones), and also added a new chorus based on "De River Ben Come Dung" by
Edric Connor (a traditional Jamaican mento song). It released as a
7-inch single and was included on the 1996 CD compilation
The Toughest. •
Harry Nilsson recorded a version of the song on his 1976 album ''
…That's the Way It Is''. •
The Jolly Boys recorded "Back to Back (Belly to Belly)" on their ''Pop 'n' Mento'' album in 1989. • The
a cappella group
Rockapella has performed numerous versions of this song, including one on the PBS
Great Performances TV special
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella in 1990, and a few times on the PBS game show
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?. •
Mixed Company of Yale, an
a cappella group from
Yale University, uses the song as their alumni song. • The
Sherwoods at
Cornell University recorded a highly successful and lively version in 1958, called "Zoombie Jamboree". •
Leftover Salmon recorded a version of the song for their 1993 debut album,
Bridges to Bert. •
The GrooveBarbers did a cover on their 2010 album
Guts under the title "Zombie Jamboree". A line of the song was changed due to the
September 11 attacks, with
Sean Altman changing a line to "There's an acapella zombie singing down Broadway" instead of the line that he and
Rockapella had sung for years, "There's a high-wire zombie between the
World Trades". • A cover of the song by vocal group Dave Kennedy & The Ambassadors was used in the web comedy series
PEN15 season 2 episode 5 "Sleepover". • Filk group Clam Chowder performed it frequently in concert and also on their 1980 album
Stewed, as "Zombie Jamboree". ==References==