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''Belafonte By Request'' is an album by
Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte ( ; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte ...
, released by
RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
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 and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He also wrote t ...
) – 4:56 # "Oh Linda" (
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
) – 3:14 # "Missouri Birds" ( John Stewart) – 3:54 # "Big City Living" – 3:15 # "
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" (
Dick Holler Richard Louis Holler (born October 16, 1934)Biography
LMHOF website; accessed February 19, 2018.
) – 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 Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...
,
Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainte ...
) – 3:26 # "Put Your Tears Away" ( Bobby Scott, Richard Ahlert) – 3:27 # "I've Got a Secret" (
Fred Neil Fred Neil (born Frederick Ralph Morlock Jr.; March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularl ...
) – 3:51


Personnel

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Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte ( ; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte ...
– 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

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