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2012 compilation album by Harry Belafonte
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The Very Best of Harry Belafonte is a compilation album by Harry Belafonte , released by Legacy Records in 2012. It includes fourteen of his best-known songs released from 1956 through 1966.
Track listing
"Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (Live)" - 4:29 - (King Radio (Norman Span) )
"Mama Look a Boo Boo " (Live) - 5:17 - (Lord Melody )
"Jamaica Farewell " - 3:03 - (Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie) )
"My Angel (Malaika) ", duet with Miriam Makeba 3:17 - (Fadhili William )
"Try to Remember " duet with William Eaton - 4:06 - (Tom Jones , Harry Schmidt)
"Island in the Sun" - 3:23 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
"Matilda" - 3:14 - (Span)
"Jump in the Line " - 4:23 - (Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) )
"A Hole In the Bucket (Live)", duet with Odetta (Holmes) - 4:30 - (Traditional)
"Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)" - 3:13 - (Belafonte, Millard J Thomas)
"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) " - 2:46 - (Jack Segal , Evelyn Danzig )
"Cocoanut Woman" - 3:22 - (Belafonte, Burgess)
"Shenandoah " - 3:46 - (Traditional)
"Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (Live) " - 3:48 - (Traditional; arranged by Belafonte, Burgess & William Attaway )
Track history & sources
Tracks 1, 2 & 14 from Belafonte at Carnegie Hall , 1959
Track 3 from Calypso , 1956
Track 4 from An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba , 1965
Track 5 from the long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks , which opened in 1960; this song was later released on Belafonte's In My Quiet Room , 1966
Track 6 from Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean , 1957
Tracks 7, 10 & 11 from Belafonte , 1955 [track 11 shortened from the original 3:12 to 2:46]
Tracks 8 & 12 from Calypso in Brass , 1966 [the liner notes miscredit track 8 to Raymond Bell ]
Track 9 from Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall , 1960
Track 13 from An Evening with Belafonte , 1957
Personnel
Tracks 1, 2, 6 & 14 orchestra conducted by Bob Corman (Robert de Cormier)
Tracks 3, 5, 7 & 10 orchestra conducted by Tony Scott
Tracks 8 & 12 orchestra conducted by Howard A. Roberts
Harry Belafonte – vocals
Production notes
Tracks 1, 2, 9 & 14 produced by Bob Bollard
Tracks 3, 7 & 11 produced by Henri René
Tracks 4 & 5 produced by Andy Wiswell
Track 6 produced by Joe Carlton
Tracks 8 & 12 produced by Bill Eaton & Phil Ramone
References
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