Gloria (TV series) Family" not to have a successful run. CBS rejected "Gloria"s original pilot which featured a brief cameo by Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker dropping off Gloria and Joey at Dr. Adams' clinic and residence. It was instead aired as a backdoor pilot episode within "Archie Bunker's Place". This pilot was written by veteran "All in the Family" and "Archie Bunker's Place" writers Pat Shea and Harriett Weiss and "Archie Bunker's Place" producer and close Carroll O'Connor associate Joe Gannon who co-created, wrote, and produced the pilot. They were replaced by former "WKRP in Cincinnati" writers Steve Marshall and Dan Guntzelman
Edric Connor "The Caribbeans" (subsequently called The Southlanders) Connor recorded, according to the AllMusic website, a "groundbreaking LP of Jamaican folk music" entitled "Songs from Jamaica". This included the song "Day Dah Light", which portrayed the hard life of Caribbean field workers. The song was later recorded by Jamaican folk singer Louise Bennett in 1954, and was rewritten in 1955 by Irving Burgie and William Attaway. The version performed by Harry Belafonte became known as "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", reaching number five on the "Billboard" charts in 1957, Connor's acting for television included roles in the espionage series "Danger Man" (US: