Obscure Music Trivia Thread

1974 Dole Banana commercial featured which song from the #4 selling album of all time?

 

Harry Belafonte singing Day-O?

 

#4 selling album of all time?
......and what album would that be from?.......

 

Calypso, the first LP to sell over 1 million copies.

 

No.
It's not Harry Belafonte, and the #4 selling album of all time isn't Calypso.

 

Something from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack?

 

Also no.

 

The answer is The Great Gig In The Sky off of Dark Side Of The Moon.

 

Thank god. If Harry Belafonte had the #4 selling album of all time I would want off this rock.

 

We’re they smoking bananas when they made this?

Also, I always thought part of the Pink Floyd ethos was not selling their image for commercials?

 

When I graduated from law school, there was an ceremony for all of the graduate and undergraduate schools and the University gave out honorary doctorates. The President said a few words about each of the 4-5 honorees but said that due to time constraints, none of them would speak. After he’s done, honoree Harry Belafonte grabs the mic and says in his raspy voice “I know what everyone wants”. And then leads 10,000 students and relatives in a call and response of “Day-O”