The Best of Harry Belafonte

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Island in the Sun2:48
2Mama, Look a Boo-Boo3:02
3Land of the Sea and Sun3:01
4Try to Remember
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
cover recording of:
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks) (in 1966)
lyricist:
Tom Jones
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
4:06
5Gomen Nasai
2:32
6Man Smart (Woman Smarter)2:31
7Scarborough Fair
cover recording of:
Scarborough Fair / Canticle
lyricist and previously attributed to:
Simon & Garfunkel
writer:
[traditional], Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon
publisher:
Fanfare, Pattern Music Ltd and Paul Simon Music
version of:
Scarborough Fair
version of:
The Side of a Hill
3:31
8Don't Ever Love Me
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Don’t Ever Love Me (on 1957-01-27)
lyricist and composer:
Lord Burgess
2:48
9Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special (Harry Belafonte)
arranger:
Harry Belafonte
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp.
arrangement of:
Midnight Special
4:00
10Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
recording of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore (arr. Belafonte)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Harry Belafonte
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp.
arrangement of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
3:58
11Man Piaba
3:19
12Scarlet Ribbons
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1952-08-01)
recording of:
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) (on 1952-08-01)
lyricist:
Jack O. Segal (in 1949)
composer:
Evelyn Danzig (in 1949)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc., Helton Music and Mills Music Limited
2:43
13God Bless the Child
5:05
14Jump in the Line
engineer:
Bob Sirapson
producer:
Bob Bollard
bass:
Norman Keenan
cuatro:
Ernest Calabria
guitar:
Ernest Calabria and Millard Thomas
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1961)
conductor and chorus master:
Ralph Hunter
performer:
Trinidad Steel Drum Band
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (from 1961 to present)
recording of:
Jump in the Line (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Somvel
writer:
Raymond Bell
composer:
Lord Kitchener
publisher:
Copyright Control
is based on:
Jump in the Line
is based on:
Shake Shake Sonora
3:46
15Mr. Bojangles4:56
16Suzanne3:12
17By the Time I Get to Phoenix
2:45
18Jump Down, Spin Around
choir vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir (on 1955-08-19)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-08-19)
recording of:
Jump Down, Spin Around (on 1955-08-19)
writer:
William Attaway and Harry Belafonte
1:58
19Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
producer:
Herman Diaz, Jr.
congas:
Alexander Cambrelen (on 1955-10-20) and Mario Castillo (on 1955-10-20)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1955-10-20)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1955-10-20)
flute:
Herbert Levy (on 1955-10-20)
guitar:
Millard Thomas (on 1955-10-20)
choir vocals:
Charles Colman (on 1955-10-20), J. Hamilton Grandison (on 1955-10-20), Herbert L. Stubbs (on 1955-10-20), Joseph Lewis (on 1955-10-20), Lord Burgess (on 1955-10-20), Brock Peters (on 1955-10-20), Sherman Sneed (on 1955-10-20), John White (on 1955-10-20) and Gloria Wynder (on 1955-10-20)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-10-20)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
orchestra:
Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus (on 1955-10-20)
conductor:
Tony Scott (on 1955-10-20)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1955-10-20)
recording of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte) (on 1955-10-20)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd, EMI Songs Ltd., Garber Music Ltd., Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co., Music Sales Corp and Reservoir Media Music
version of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)
3:05
20Abraham, Martin & John
recording of:
Abraham, Martin and John
lyricist and arranger:
Dick Holler
composer:
Dick Holler (in 1968)
publisher:
Regent Music and TJ Musicservice GmbH
3:56
21Fare Thee Well
3:25
22Jamaica Farewell
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Jamaica Farewell (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
2:47