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.
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Released | 2012 | |||
Genre | Vocal, calypso | |||
Length | 52:21 | |||
Label | Legacy Records 887254032427 | |||
Producer | Nedra Olds-Neal | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Track listing
- "Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (Live)" - 4:29 - (King Radio (Norman Span))
- "Mama Look a Boo Boo" (Live) - 5:17 - (Lord Melody)
- "Jamaica Farewell" - 3:03 - (Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie))
- "My Angel (Malaika)", duet with Miriam Makeba 3:17 - (Fadhili William)
- "Try to Remember" duet with William Eaton - 4:06 - (Tom Jones, Harry Schmidt)
- "Island in the Sun" - 3:23 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
- "Matilda" - 3:14 - (Span)
- "Jump in the Line" - 4:23 - (Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts))
- "A Hole In the Bucket (Live)", duet with Odetta (Holmes) - 4:30 - (Traditional)
- "Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)" - 3:13 - (Belafonte, Millard J Thomas)
- "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" - 2:46 - (Jack Segal, Evelyn Danzig)
- "Cocoanut Woman" - 3:22 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
- "Shenandoah" - 3:46 - (Traditional)
- "Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (Live)" - 3:48 - (Traditional; arranged by Belafonte, Burgess & William Attaway)
Track history & sources
- Tracks 1, 2 & 14 from Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, 1959
- Track 3 from Calypso, 1956
- Track 4 from An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba, 1965
- Track 5 from the long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, which opened in 1960; this song was later released on Belafonte's In My Quiet Room, 1966
- Track 6 from Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean, 1957
- Tracks 7, 10 & 11 from Belafonte, 1955 [track 11 shortened from the original 3:12 to 2:46]
- Tracks 8 & 12 from Calypso in Brass, 1966 [the liner notes miscredit track 8 to Raymond Bell]
- Track 9 from Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall, 1960
- Track 13 from An Evening with Belafonte, 1957
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
- Leggett, Steve. Harry Belafonte – Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
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