Banana Boat Song

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Greatest Hits
2▶CD: In Concert
3▼CD: Rare Recordings
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1Close Your Eyes
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1949-07-19)
cover recording of:
Close Your Eyes (on 1949-07-19)
lyricist and composer:
Bernice Petkere (in 1933)
publisher:
Bernice Petkere Music Company, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1933)
Harry Belafonte2:31
2Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
recording of:
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10072)
Harry Belafonte3:22
3I Still Get a Thrill
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) (in 1949)
composer:
J. Fred Coots and Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
Harry Belafonte2:44
4Deep as the River
producer:
Monte Kay
conductor:
Pete Rugolo (on 1949-07-19)
recording of:
Deep as the River (on 1949-07-19)
composer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
Harry Belafonte2:59
5Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
recording engineer:
Harry Belafonte
producer:
Jack Rollins (songwriter)
double bass:
Tommy Potter
guitar:
Jimmy Raney
piano:
Al Haig
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
arranger:
Fred Norman
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Harry Belafonte2:56
6The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
producer:
Jack Rollins (songwriter)
double bass:
Tommy Potter
guitar:
Jimmy Raney
piano:
Al Haig
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Buddy Bernier and Jerry Brainin
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Harry Belafonte2:52
7Venezuela
recording engineer:
Harry Belafonte
producer:
Jack Rollins (songwriter)
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
Harry Belafonte22:43
8Simple Simple Simple
recording of:
Simple, Simple, Simple
composer:
Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal (US songwriter)
Harry Belafonte3:09
9Annabelle Lee
producer:
Jack Rollins (songwriter)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
Annabelle Lee
additional lyricist:
Edgar Allan Poe (American writer)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Segal (US songwriter)
is based on:
Annabel Lee
recording of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd, EMI Songs Ltd., Garber Music Ltd., Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co., Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Reservoir Media Music
version of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)
Harry Belafonte2:40
10(There’s) Only One Like Me
Harry Belafonte2:45
11Did You Hear About Jerry
recording of:
Did You Hear About Jerry?
writer:
Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp.
Harry Belafonte2:52
12Comedy Sequence
Harry Belafonte feat. Nat King Cole4:56
13Send for Me
recording of:
Send for Me
lyricist and composer:
Ollie Jones
Harry Belafonte feat. Nat King Cole0:30
14Shut Up Your Mouth
Harry Belafonte feat. Nat King Cole1:51