With these lyrics the song was also recorded in 1970 by Nora Brockstedt, [24] by Tage Öst in 1976, [25] and Källströms in 1985 [26] and finally in 2005 by Hans Martin.

During one spring in the 1950s the complex relationships of four couples, of black, white and mixed race, play out against the pronounced social inequality dividing the ruling British elite and the slave-descended native population of a small (fictitious) West Indian island.

It was also released as a single backed with "Cocoanut Woman" in May 1957; [3] both songs charted, and "Island in the Sun" reached No. The Paragons, a ska group out of Kingston, Jamaica, turned the song into a Jamaican anthem with their 1967 cover of the song on their debut album On the Beach. Calypsos (Jamaica Farewell, The Banana Boat Song), Christmas songs (Mary’s Boy Child), spirituals (My Lord, What A Mornin’), work songs (John Henry), chain gang songs (Swing Dat Hammer), love songs (Try To Remember) – all are here, warming like West Indian sunshine. But back in the mid-50s he was, for a couple of years, just about the most popular and successful singer in the world, widely known as 'The King Of Calypso'.

It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives. Dorothy Dandridge as Margot Seaton, a beautiful West Indian, who is pursued by Denis Archer, the governor's aide-de-camp.If a picture has real significance and genuine theme and purpose, my contention is that it can be made no matter how controversial. Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Kanjian Music, Reservoir Media Management, Inc. Many 7" Vinyl Singles are sold in generic card or paper sleeves and not in the picture sleeves which are shown - these will be described as 'Generic' or 'Not Graded' in the condition descriptions above. Denis Archer ( John Justin), the governor's aide-de-camp and want-to-be novelist, becomes smitten by Margot Seaton ( Dorothy Dandridge), a mixed-race beauty seeking to better her position in life through hard work over irrepressible feminine charm.