Belafonte Sings the Blues
1958 studio album by Harry Belafonte
Belafonte Sings the Blues | ||||
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Studio album by Harry Belafonte | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | 1958 | |||
Genre | Jazz blues | |||
Length | 45:39 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Ed Welker | |||
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Belafonte Sings the Blues is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-1972) in 1958. It was recorded in New York City on January 29 (with Alan Greene as conductor) and March 29 (with Bob Corman as conductor), and in Hollywood on June 5 and 7 (conducted by Dennis Farnon). The album was Belafonte's first to be recorded in stereophonic sound.
Track listing
- "A Fool for You" (Ray Charles)
- "Losing Hand" (Charles Calhoun (Jesse Stone)
- "One For My Baby" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
- "In the evenin' mama = In the evening (when the sun goes down)" (Leroy Carr)
- "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles)
- "The Way That I Feel" (Fred Brooks)
- "Cotton Fields" (C. C. Carter)
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday. Arthur Herzog Jr.)
- "Mary Ann" (Ray Charles)
- "Sinner's Prayer" (Lowell Fulson)
- "Fare Thee Well" (Fred Brooks)
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
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- Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954)
- Belafonte (1956)
- Calypso (1956)
- An Evening with Belafonte (1957)
- Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
- To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958)
- Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)
- Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959)
- My Lord What a Mornin' (1959)
- Swing Dat Hammer (1960)
- Jump Up Calypso (1961)
- Midnight Special (1962)
- The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962)
- Streets I Have Walked (1963)
- Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964)
- In My Quiet Room (1966)
- Calypso in Brass (1966)
- Belafonte on Campus (1967)
- Belafonte Sings of Love (1968)
- Homeward Bound (1970)
- Belafonte by Request (1970)
- The Warm Touch (1971)
- Calypso Carnival (1971)
- Play Me (1973)
- Turn the World Around (1977)
- Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981)
- Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
- Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959)
- Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960)
- Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964)
- En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)
- Belafonte...Live! (1972)
- Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974)
- Belafonte '89 (1989)
- An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965)
- An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri (1966)
- Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life (1970)
- "We Are the World" (1985)
- "Gomen-nasai"
- "Jamaica Farewell"
- "Mary's Boy Child"
- "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"
- "Mama Look at Bubu"
- "Island in the Sun"
- "Scarlet Ribbons"
- "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"