In 1961, the folk music group the Kingston Trio recorded what would eventually become their most famous single, "Downeaster Alexa".

Written in honor of a Maine fishing boat lost at sea during the Jamaica Bay hurricane, the song became an unofficial anthem for fishermen throughout the U.S. Eastern Seaboard within a few months of its initial release and subsequently also became popular with the West Coast fishing community. In the 1990s, pop star Billy Joel would go platinum with his cover of "Alexa".