Belafonte (Harry Belafonte album)
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Belafonte is the second album by Jamaican American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

, released in 1956.

Track listing

  1. "Waterboy" (Avery Robinson
    Avery Robinson
    Avery Robinson was an American classical composer who worked with, among others, Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson.-Biography:Avery Robinson was born on January 21, 1878 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a local mill owner there. After graduating from MIT, Avery returned to Louisville to work...

    ) – 3:42
  2. "Troubles" (Harry Belafonte) – 3:38
  3. "Suzanne" (Belafonte, Millard Thomas) – 3:19
  4. "Matilda" (Norman Span) – 3:11
  5. "Take My Mother Home" (Hall Johnson) – 6:00
  6. "Noah " (Belafonte, William Attaway
    William Attaway
    William Alexander Attaway was an African American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter.-Early Life:...

    ) – 4:53
  7. "Scarlet Ribbons
    Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
    "Scarlet Ribbons " is a popular song. The music was written by Evelyn Danzig and the lyrics by Jack Segal."Scarlet Ribbons" was written in only 15 minutes in 1949 at Danzig's home in Port Washington New York after she invited lyricist Segal to hear her music...

    " (Jack Segal
    Jack Segal
    Jack Segal was a composer of popular American songs...

    , Evelyn Danzig
    Evelyn Danzig
    Evelyn Danzig Levine was an American songwriter best known for writing the music for the popular song "Scarlet Ribbons" with lyrics by her collaborator Jack Segal.-Life:...

    ) – 3:13
  8. "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'"(Norman Luboff
    Norman Luboff
    Norman Luboff was an American music arranger, music publisher, and choir director.-Early years:Norman Luboff was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1917. He studied piano as a child and participated in his high school chorus. Luboff studied at the University of Chicago and Central College in Chicago...

    , Belafonte) – 3:15
  9. "Unchained Melody
    Unchained Melody
    "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....

    " (Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer best known as the co-author of the 1955 hit "Unchained Melody", one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.-Biography:...

    , Alex North
    Alex North
    Alex North was an American composer who wrote the first jazz-based film score and one of the first modernist scores written in Hollywood ....

    ) – 3:18
  10. "Jump Down Spin Around" (Luboff, Belafonte, Attaway) – 1:54
  11. "Sylvie" (Huddie Ledbetter, Paul Campbell) – 5:21

Personnel

  • Harry Belafonte – vocals
  • Millard Thomas – guitar
  • Bud Shank – saxophone
  • Jimmy Giuffre – saxophone
  • Buddy Childers – trumpet
  • Conti Condoli – trumpet
  • Maynard Ferguson
    Maynard Ferguson
    Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...

    – trumpet
  • Tony Scotts Orchestra
  • Norman Luboff Choir

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