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''Belafonte By Request'' is an album by
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 ...
, released by
RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
in 1970. Allmusic entry for ''Belafonte By Request''Retrieved November 2009.


Track listing

# " Mr. Bojangles" (
Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country music and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He was bes ...
) – 4:56 # "Oh Linda" (
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
) – 3:14 # "Missouri Birds" ( John Stewart) – 3:54 # "Big City Living" – 3:15 # " Abraham, Martin and John" (
Dick Holler Richard Louis Holler (born October 16, 1934 in Indianapolis, IndianaBiography
LMHOF website; acce ...
) – 3:55 # "You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:42 # "Marianne" (William Eaton) – 3:10 # " Scarborough Fair / Canticle" (Traditional, Paul Simon,
Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 h ...
) – 3:26 # "Put Your Tears Away" ( Bobby Scott, Richard Ahlert) – 3:27 # "I've Got a Secret" (
Fred Neil Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material& ...
) – 3:51


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 * Arranged and conducted by William Eaton Production notes: *
Jack Pleis Jack K. Pleis (May 11, 1917 – December 5, 1990) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, composer and producer. He recorded on London and Decca Records in the 1950s, and Columbia Records in the 1960s. During the course of his career, ...
– producer * Andy Wiswell – producer "Put Your Tears Away" * Paul Goodman – engineer * Pete Abbott – engineer * Ken Whitmore – cover, liner notes


References

{{Authority control 1970 albums Harry Belafonte albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Jack Pleis