The Essential Harry Belafonte
2005 greatest hits album by Harry Belafonte
The Essential Harry Belafonte | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Harry Belafonte | ||||
Released | October 4, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 1952–1977 | |||
Genre | Calypso | |||
Label | Legacy | |||
Producer | Bob Bollard, Frantz Casseus, Bill Eaton, Dennis Farnon, Hy Grill, Dave Kapp, Jack Pleis, Phil Ramone, Edward Welker, Andy Wiswell | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Essential Harry Belafonte is a two-disc compilation recording by Harry Belafonte, released in 2005 on the Legacy label. The 37 tracks span Belafonte's career from 1952 to 1977, including his RCA Victor and Columbia Records releases. All selections for inclusion were made by Belafonte himself.[citation needed]
AllMusic stated: "Harry Belafonte's influence on pop music is much more far reaching then many realize, as he was one of the first performers to bring worldbeat rhythms to the U.S. charts in the postwar era... Innovative, intelligent, and unceasingly creative, Belafonte is long overdue for a critical reappraisal."
Track listing
- "Midnight Special" (traditional) – 3:57
- "Island in the Sun" (Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess) – 3:23
- "Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)" (Dr. Conrad Eugene Maugé Jr. PhD; arranged by Bob Freedman) – 3:20
- "Delia" (Fred Hellerman, Lester Judson) – 3:39
- "Cocoanut Woman" (Belafonte, Lord Burgess) – 3:22
- "Danny Boy" [live] (Frederic Edward Weatherly) – 5:21
- "Jamaica Farewell" (Lord Burgess) – 3:03
- "Turn the World Around" (Belafonte, Robert Freedman) – 4:29
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 4:07
- "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma" (Tomás Méndez) – 5:30
- "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer) – 3:05
- "Venezuela" (traditional) – 2:58
- "Hava Nageela" (traditional; arranged by William Lorin) – 3:10
- "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" (Jack Edward Segal, Evelyn Danzig) – 2:46
- "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" (Norman Span) – 2:34
- "Shenandoah" (public domain) – 3:46
- "Angelina" (Irving Burgie) – 3:56
- "Matilda" (King Radio; arranged by Harry Belafonte and Millard J. Thomas) – 3:13
- "Empty Chairs" (Don McLean) – 5:20
- "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" (Lord Kitchener) – 4:22
- "Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)" (Public Domain) – 2:19
- "Waly Waly" (traditional; arranged by Bill Eaton) – 4:44
- "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'" (Belafonte, Norman Luboff) – 3:18
- "Cotton Fields" [live] (Huddie Ledbetter, Charles Carl Carter) – 4:29
- "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 4:41
- "Those Three Are on My Mind" (Pete Seeger, Frances Taylor) – 3:47
- "Goin' Down Jordan" (Lord Burgess, Theophilus Woods) – 5:37
- "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler) – 4:22
- "On Top of Old Smokey" (traditional) – 5:59
- "My Lord What a Mornin'" (Belafonte, Bob Corman, Milt Okun) – 4:29
- "Jump Down, Spin Around" (William Attaway, Belafonte, Norman Luboff) – 2:00
- "Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 4:23
- "Mama Look a Boo Boo" [live] (Lord Melody) – 5:18
- "(There's A) Hole in the Bucket" (Belafonte, Odetta) – 8:49
- "Take My Mother Home" (Hall Johnson) – 5:55
- "Try to Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) – 4:08
- "Banana Boat Song (Day O)" [live] (traditional; arranged by Lord Burgess and William Attaway) – 3:48
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
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)
- The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
- 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)"