"Marianne" is a popular song. "Mary Ann," composed by calypsonian Roaring Lion (born name: Hubert Raphael Charles), was popular with steelbands and revelers during a spontaneous Carnival celebration on V-J Day in Trinidad in 1945, at the end of World War II. The song's lyrics alluded to Mary Ann's occupation:
All day, all night, Miss Mary Ann
Down by the seaside, she sifting sand.
Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat recorded a version of "Mary Ann" in the late 1940s. During the 1956-57 American calypso craze, the Easy Riders, Burl Ives and other interpreters of folk music further popularized the calypso, generally under the title of "Marianne". The song continued to be a favorite with steelbands and calypso entertainers at Caribbean tourist hotels for many years. The most popular version was recorded by Terry Gilkyson and The Easy Riders (#4 on the Billboard Top 100); another version was recorded by The Hilltoppers in 1957 (#3 on the Billboard Top 100). Trini Lopez included "Marianne" on his album Trini Lopez at PJ's on Reprise Records RS-6093.
Allan Sherman sang about Cary Grant based on this song which went as follows (from Shticks of one Kind and Half Dozen of Another):
All day, all night, Cary Grant
That's all my wife just thinks about is Cary Grant
What can he do that I can't
Big deal, big star, Cary Grant
In the nudie-cartoon anthology Sex to Sexty, which included "Balled-Up Ballads"—popular tunes with racy lyrics—the following lines were written for "Marianne":
All day, all night, Marianne;
Who the hell you think I am, Superman?
Reference is made to this song in Ian Fleming's novel Dr. No. The character Honey Rider is singing it when James Bond first meets her on the beach at Crab Key. Bond joins in as a way of making his presence known to her.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Hilltoppers were an American popular music singing group. Originally the group was a trio formed at Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University), Bowling Green, Kentucky. The original members were three students; Jimmy Sacca (born July 26, 1929, Lockport, New York), Donald McGuire (born October 7, 1931, Hazard, Kentucky), and Seymour Spiegelman (October 1, 1930 – February 13, 1987). Spiegelman was born in Seneca Falls, New York. They took their name from the nickname of the Western Kentucky athletic teams. They later added a pianist, Billy Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991). Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. Vaughn was eventually to become famous in his own right as an orchestra leader. In 1952 they recorded a song, "Trying," written by Vaughn. A local disc jockey sent a copy to Randy Wood, who was starting a new record label, Dot, and he agreed to distribute the record. It became a Top 10 hit single. They went on to record a number of additional hits until their break-up. Their 1953 release, "P.S. I Love You," sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
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