''All About Miriam'' is the 1966 ninth studio album of
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
(LP Mercury 134029)
[Billboard - Nov 19, 1966 ALL ABOUT MIRIAM Miriam Makeba. Mercury MG 21095 (M); "... Not only does she excel in an almost-patented "Click Song," but also in songs like 'Mas Que Nada' and a heart-warming 'Mommy, Mommy, What Is Heaven Like?] Arrangements for the album were by Luchi DeJesus and
Sivuca
Severino Dias de Oliveira (May 26, 1930 – December 14, 2006), known professionally as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist, guitarist and singer. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, Brazil, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worke ...
(as Severino Dias De Olivera). Sivuca also played guitar. Harold Dodson played bass, and drummer was Leopoldo Flemming.
Track listing
#"The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (
Fran Landesman
Fran Landesman (October 21, 1927 – July 23, 2011) was an American lyricist and poet. She grew up in New York City and lived for years in St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband Jay Landesman operated the Crystal Palace nightclub. One of her bes ...
,
Tommy Wolf Thomas Joseph Wolf Jr. (1925 – 1979) was an American composer and piano player. He was best known for his songwriting collaboration with Fran Landesman.
Life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Wolf met Fran Landesman while playing piano at the Jeffer ...
) 3:00
#"Yetentu Tizaleny" 2:34
#"Maria Fulô"
baião (
Severino Dias de Oliveira) 2:53
#"I Think I Ought To" (
Buddy Bernier Henry 'Buddy' Bernier (April 21, 1910 – June 18, 1983) was an American lyricist born in Watertown, New York, who was mainly active during the 1940s and 1950s. He came from a show business family and had two sisters, Daisy and Peggy who were each a ...
) 2:11
#"Click Song (Number 1)" (Miriam Makeba) 2:16
#"To Love and Lose" (William Salter) 3:33
#"Four-Letter Words" (
Margo Guryan
Margo Guryan (September 20, 1937 – November 8, 2021) was an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song " Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky a ...
) 2:16
#"U Shaka" 2:47
#"Mas Que Nada" samba (
Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). His characteristic style fuses samba, ...
) 2:52
#"Mommy, Mommy What Is Heaven Like?" 2:46
#"Jol'inkomo" 2:59
#"The Sound of a Drum" (William Salter) 3:00
References
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1967 albums
Miriam Makeba albums
Mercury Records albums