The Essential Harry Belafonte

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

Tracklist

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1Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)2:19
2Waly Waly
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1967)
conductor:
William Eaton (US producer & arranger) (in 1967)
arranger:
William Eaton (US producer & arranger) (in 1967)
4:45
3In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
choir vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir (on 1955-08-19)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-08-19)
recording of:
In That Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’ (on 1955-08-19)
writer:
Harry Belafonte and Norman Luboff
3:19
4Cotton Fields (live)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Cotton Fields
lyricist and composer:
C. C. Carter
14:29
5And I Love You So4:41
6Those Three Are on My Mind
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1967)
conductor:
William Eaton (US producer & arranger) (in 1967)
arranger:
William Eaton (US producer & arranger) (in 1967)
13:48
7Goin' Down Jordan5:37
8Abraham, Martin and John
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Abraham, Martin and John
lyricist and arranger:
Dick Holler
composer:
Dick Holler (in 1968)
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI) and TJ Musicservice GmbH
14:23
9On Top of Old Smokey6:00
10My Lord What a Mornin'
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
My Lord, What a Morning (spiritual)
publisher:
Hinshaw Music (a member of the Fred Bock Publishing Group)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sue Ellen Page (composer and arranger of choral music)
4:29
11Jump Down, Spin Around
choir vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir (on 1955-08-19)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-08-19)
recording of:
Jump Down, Spin Around (on 1955-08-19)
writer:
William Attaway and Harry Belafonte
52:01
12Mary's Boy Child
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child (on 1956-07-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
54:23
13Mama Look a Boo Boo (live)15:19
14(There's a) Hole in the Bucket
sound engineer:
Kurt Munkacsi
producer:
Harry Belafonte
mixer:
Vishek Woszczyk
alto saxophone:
Hal Archer, Babe Clarke and Mauricio Smith
bass guitar [bass]:
Francisco Centeno
bongos and congas:
Steve Thornton (percussionist)
drums (drum set):
Michael Tobas
flute:
Hal Archer and Mauricio Smith
guitar:
Scott Kuney (guitarist, multi-instrumentalist), Keith Loving (guitarist) and Jorge Renan
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp)
keyboard:
Brian Moore (keyboardist) and Dom Salvador
percussion:
Nana, Thelmo M. Porto, Falumi Prince and Dom Um Romão
trombone:
Leopoldo Pineda and Jose Rodrigues (trombone)
trumpet:
Danny Cahn (a trumpet player), Fred Jacobs (US Trumpet player) and Claudio Roditi
tuba:
Howard Johnson (tuba & baritone saxophone)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
solo vocals:
Falumi Prince
vocals:
Albertine Robinson, Arthur Williams, Babi B. Floyd, Harry Belafonte, Larry Campbell (singer), Melvin Edmondson, Frank Floyd (US soul disco funk singer), Milton Grayson (choir, background vocals), Lani Groves, Hilda Harris, Pamela Kordan, Yvonne Lewis, Maeretha A. Stewart, Randy Peyton, Falumi Prince, Gloria Turner (alto), Vivian C. Cherry, Betty Volenec and Yolanda Mc Collough
vocals arranger:
Coldridge-Taylor Perkinson
orchestrator:
Dom Salvador
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
produced at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
There’s a Hole in the Bucket
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Harry Belafonte and Odetta Gordon (American singer Odetta Holmes)
8:49
15Take My Mother Home
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Take My Mother Home
lyricist and composer:
Hall Johnson (American composer)
5:56
16Try to Remember
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
cover recording of:
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks) (in 1966)
lyricist:
Tom Jones (musical theatre lyricist)
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
14:08
17Banana Boat Song (Day O) (live)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
live 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)
23:49