Atkin's treatment of "Banana Boat Song" is based on The Tarriers' version, not Harry Belefonte's more famous rendition.
In 1962, Weissberg's college friend Marshall Brickman joined, making the group a quartet, until Carey departed in late 1963 to pursue a solo career.
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With the decline in popularity of folk music in the wake of the British Invasion, The Tarriers disbanded in 1965.