Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...
RCA Records
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, concluding a 21-year association with the label.
Track listing
# "Roll on Buddy" (Traditional) – 2:56
# "Old Time Feeling" (
Guy Clark
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) – 5:43
# "John Henry" (Traditional) – 3:57
# "We Had It All " (Guy Clark) – 3:52
# "Empty Chairs" (
Don McLean
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Jerry Jeff Walker
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) – 6:01
# "Marching To the Fair" (Morris Goldberg, Shunmugan Pillay) – 5:26
# "Erene" (Georges Petsilas) – 3:56
# "Carnival Medley: – 16:00
## "Don't Stop the Carnival"
## "Jean and Dinah" (Mighty Sparrow, Slinger Francisco)
## "Mama Looka Boo Boo" (Fitzroy Alexander)
## "Jump in the Line" (Stephen Somvel)
## "Marianne" (William Eaton)
## " Sly Mongoose"
## " Zombie Jamboree"
## "Man Piaba" (Harry Belafonte, Jack K. Rollins)
# "Jamaica Farewell" (
Lord Burgess
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# "Day-O (
Banana Boat Song
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music.
It is a call and response work song, from the point of view o ...
)" (
William Attaway
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Biography
Early life
Attaway was born on November 19, 1911, in Greenvil ...
, Harry Belafonte) – 2:40
# "Matilda" – 5:22
#Don't Stop The Carnival" -5:03
Personnel
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...
– vocals
*
Sivuca
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– piano, accordion, guitar, organ
* Mervin Bronson – bass
* Scott Kuney – guitar, koto, bouzouki
* William Fontaine – guitar
* Michael Tobas – drums
* Angel Allende – percussion
* Falumi Prince – vocals, percussion
* Diane Greene – background vocals
* Barbara Young – background vocals
* Patricia Rosalia – background vocals
* Arthur Williams – background vocals
* Clark Salonis – background vocals
* Michael Sabbarese – background vocals
Production notes:
* John Cartwright – musical director, conductor
* Hideo Komuro – recording director
* Eiji Uchinuma – engineer, mixing