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L'année passée

Written by
Originally written by
Composition date
1906
Copyright date
1944
Language
Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other)
Adapted from
King Ja Ja written by [Traditional]
Tags
disputed credits
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This song was based on true events in which the daughter of a well-to-do Trinidadian family who fell in love with a lowlife. The pair lived together for sometime, and he forced her to work as a prostitute.
At the time of the composition around 1906, Belasco claims he made no attempt to publish or copyright it. The only performances were among his friends and at private gatherings.
First published by Maurice Baron in 1944 in "Calypso Songs of the West Indies".
Although Belasco won a copyright infringement suit in 1948 over the tune Rum and Coca-Cola by Rupert Grant , it seems he himself appropriated the Barbadian folk tune King Ja ja .
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written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
 PRF Unreleased First live performance
 REC January 1945 First recording in June 1944
 REL December 1944 First release
Hit song
listen on Internet Archive   March 1945
listen on Internet Archive   March 1945
Rum and Coca Cola Jeri Sullivan (Jeri Sullivan) April 1945 Unverified
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Rhum & Coca Cola Phil Trim 1980 Unverified
  1982
  1983 Medley
  1983
  1992
Rum and Coca Cola The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
  1996
  2000 Medley
  (Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C.) 2000 A cappella
  May 7, 2001
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  February 4, 2015
  April 24, 2016
  September 28, 2018
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written by Spanish

Title Performer Release date Info
1980 First release
Ron y Coca Cola Tony Mayorca 1982 Unverified
(One Media Studio Artists) June 15, 2012

Na ostrově Trinidadu written by Czech (not verified yet)

Vin Rouge Et Camembert written by French (not verified yet)

ラム & コカコーラ Rum and Coca-Cola written by Japanese (not verified yet)

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