Swing Dat Hammer
1960 studio album by Harry Belafonte
Swing Dat Hammer | ||||
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Studio album by Harry Belafonte | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | 1960 | |||
Genre | Vocal, folk | |||
Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Bob Bollard | |||
Harry Belafonte chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Swing Dat Hammer is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2194) in 1960. It is a collection of chain gang work songs. The last cut is a collection of workmen conversations.
At the Grammy Awards of 1961 Swing Dat Hammer won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
Track listing
- "Look Over Yonder" – 2:51
- "Bald Headed Woman" – 3:30
- "Grizzly Bear" – 3:27
- "Diamond Joe" (Belafonte) – 3:36
- "Here Rattler Here" – 3:57
- "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:21
- "Swing Dat Hammer " – 4:38
- "Go Down Old Hannah" – 3:47
- "Rocks and Gravel" – 4:10
- "Talkin' an' Signifyin' " – 5:08
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- The Belafonte Folk Singers – vocals
- Millard Thomas – guitar
- Robert De Cormier – conductor
Production notes
- Produced by Bob Bollard
- Engineered by Bob Simpson
References
- ^ Allmusic review
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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)"