Love Is a Gentle Thing
1959 studio album by Harry Belafonte
Love Is a Gentle Thing | ||||
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Studio album by Harry Belafonte | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | 1958 | |||
Genre | Vocal | |||
Length | 41:36 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Ed Welker | |||
Harry Belafonte chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Love Is a Gentle Thing is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1959. It was recorded with arranger / conductors Alan Greene and Bob Corman.
Billboard magazine chose Love Is a Gentle Thing as one of their "Spotlight Winners of the Week" in March 1959, and wrote that "Belafonte displays his usual tender, feelingful vocal style on a group of expressive folk themes with varying moods...Striking cover".[2]
Track listing
Side one
- "Fifteen" (Alan Greene, Robert Nemeroff) – 2:50
- "I Never Will Marry" (Fred Brooks) – 2:44
- "I'm Goin' Away" (Alan Greene) – 3:08
- "Small One" (Lewis Allan, Alan Greene) – 2:53
- "Bella Rosa" (Lord Burgess) – 3:25
- "All My Trials" (Rita Greene, C. C. Carter) – 4:37
Side two
- "Green Grow the Lilacs" (Fred Brooks) – 3:55
- "Times are Gettin' Hard" (Lee Hays) – 3:36
- "Turn Around" (Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene) – 2:23
- "Go Away from My Window" (John Jacob Niles) – 3:09
- "Delia's Gone" (Bob Corman, Milt Okun)– 4:34
- "Walkin' on the Green Grass" (Fred Brooks) – 3:22
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- Bob Corman – arranger, conductor ("I Never Will Marry", "Bella Rosa", "All My Trials", "Green Grow the Lilacs", "Times are Gettin' Hard", "Delia's Gone", "Walkin' on the Green Grass")
- Alan Greene – arranger, conductor ("Fifteen", "I'm Goin' Away", "Small One", "Turn Around", "Go Away From My Window")
- Produced by Edward Welker
- Cover Art by David Stone Martin
- Liner-notes by Paul Ackerman
References
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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)"