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" Juanita Banana " is a novelty song adaptation from Mexican folk music by Tash Howard and Murray Kenton . ^[1] The song, which tells the story of a Mexican banana farmer's daughter with operatic ambitions and whose chorus is an adaptation of "Caro Nome" from Giuseppe Verdi 's opera Rigoletto , was originally released in the United States in 1966.

The Peels [ edit ]

The original release of "Juanita Banana" was performed by The Peels, a studio group assembled by co-writer Tash Howard, who also co-produced the single. The Peels consisted of Gail Allan (22), Bill Spilka (25), Harvey Davis (23), and Harold Swart ^[2] Howard also wrote "Juanita Banana Part 2" for The Peels as a follow-up release later in the same year.

The record by The Peels charted on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #59 in 1966. ^[3]

The Verdi-inspired chorus of the Peels recording was sampled later that year in the Dickie Goodman record " Batman & His Grandmother ". ^{[ citation needed ]}

Other versions [ edit ]

Henri Salvador , Luis Aguile , Los Tres Sudamericanos  [ es ] , Paola Neri, Het Cocktail Trio  [ nl ] , Los Yaki, Quartetto Cetra and Bukasovy Masiv were among the many artists who recorded non-English cover versions of the song.

The song was also covered by Freddie & The Dreamers on their 1967 album ‘King Freddie & His Dreaming Knights’.

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External links [ edit ]

• The Juanita Banana phenomenon at Poparchives

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