Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte

The Very Best of Harry Belafonte is a compilation album by Harry Belafonte, released by Legacy Records in 2012. It includes fourteen of his best-known songs released from 1956 through 1966.

The Very Best of Harry Belafonte
Compilation album by
Released2012
GenreVocal, calypso
Length52:21
LabelLegacy Records 887254032427
ProducerNedra Olds-Neal
Harry Belafonte chronology
The Essential Harry Belafonte
(2005)
The Very Best of Harry Belafonte
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

  1. "Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (Live)" - 4:29 - (King Radio (Norman Span))
  2. "Mama Look a Boo Boo" (Live) - 5:17 - (Lord Melody)
  3. "Jamaica Farewell" - 3:03 - (Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie))
  4. "My Angel (Malaika)", duet with Miriam Makeba 3:17 - (Fadhili William)
  5. "Try to Remember" duet with William Eaton - 4:06 - (Tom Jones, Harry Schmidt)
  6. "Island in the Sun" - 3:23 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
  7. "Matilda" - 3:14 - (Span)
  8. "Jump in the Line" - 4:23 - (Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts))
  9. "A Hole In the Bucket (Live)", duet with Odetta (Holmes) - 4:30 - (Traditional)
  10. "Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)" - 3:13 - (Belafonte, Millard J Thomas)
  11. "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" - 2:46 - (Jack Segal, Evelyn Danzig)
  12. "Cocoanut Woman" - 3:22 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
  13. "Shenandoah" - 3:46 - (Traditional)
  14. "Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (Live)" - 3:48 - (Traditional; arranged by Belafonte, Burgess & William Attaway)

Track history & sources

Personnel

  • Tracks 1, 2, 6 & 14 orchestra conducted by Bob Corman (Robert de Cormier)
  • Tracks 3, 5, 7 & 10 orchestra conducted by Tony Scott
  • Tracks 8 & 12 orchestra conducted by Howard A. Roberts
  • Harry Belafonte – vocals

Production notes

  • Tracks 1, 2, 9 & 14 produced by Bob Bollard
  • Tracks 3, 7 & 11 produced by Henri René
  • Tracks 4 & 5 produced by Andy Wiswell
  • Track 6 produced by Joe Carlton
  • Tracks 8 & 12 produced by Bill Eaton & Phil Ramone

References

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