The Chiquita Banana senorita danced across our TV screens with a headdress of bright bananas that brought to mind vibrant sunshine and dazzling smiley faces of vivid yellow. We could almost taste the ...

Not knowing the words or meaning of a song never prevents them from getting stuck in our heads, and the first one I can remember like that is “Day-O,” by Harry Belafonte. You know, the Banana Boat ...