''In My Quiet Room'' 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 Victor 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 Aris ...

(LPM-3571 and LSP-3571) in 1966. The orchestra was conducted by Howard A. Roberts and arranged by

Hugo Montenegro Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ...

, with musical coordination by Bill Eaton.

Track listing

#"Quiet Room" (

Fred Hellerman Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Hellerman was an original member of the seminal American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronn ...

Fran Minkoff Frances Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers. Career Her collaborations include the anti-war song "Come Away Melinda"—recorded in 1963 by H ...

) – 4:38 # "Portrait of a Sunday Afternoon" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 3:15 #"Raindrops" (

Mike Settle Michael Ward Settle (born March 20, 1941) is an American songwriter, journalist, broadcaster and singer. Settle began his musical career as a solo singer and a member of The New Christy Minstrels. His debut solo album ''Folk Sing Hallelujah'' ...

) – 2:33 #"Our Time for Loving" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 5:11 #"The Honey Wind Blows" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 3:40 #"The Girls in their Summer Dresses" (Jim Friedman) – 3:45 # "Long About Now" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 4:24 # "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Fred Brooks, Marshall Barer) – 3:43 # "Summertime Love" (

Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser (; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', among others. He won a Tony ...

) – 3:45 # "

Try to Remember "Try to Remember" is a song about nostalgia from the musical comedy play ''The Fantasticks'' (1960). It is the first song performed in the show, encouraging the audience to imagine what the sparse set suggests. The words were written by the Amer ...

" ( Tom Jones,

Harvey Schmidt Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, ''The Fantasticks'', which ran off ...

) – 4:04

Personnel

– vocals *Orchestra conducted by Howard A. Roberts *Arrangements by

Production notes: *Andy Wisell – producer *Bob Simpson – engineer *Bill Eaton – musical coordinator

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums Harry Belafonte albums RCA Victor albums Albums arranged by Hugo Montenegro Albums conducted by Howard Roberts