Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95
Irving Burgie at his home in Queens in 2017. Burgie, who rewrote the lyrics to the traditional Jamaican song “Day-O,” died Friday at the age of 95. Irving Burgie, a songwriter whose adaptation of the traditional Jamaican folk song “Day-O” became one of the definitive calypso songs of the 20th century, died on Friday. He…