The King of Calypso

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Banana Boat Song (Day‐O)
recording of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)
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)
2:59
A2Jamaica Farewell
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Jamaica Farewell (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
2:50
A3Angelina
recording of:
Angelina
writer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Co.
3:54
A4Dolly Dawn
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Dolly Dawn (on 1955-11-09)
lyricist and composer:
Lord Burgess
3:14
A5Cocoanut Woman
recording of:
Cocoanut Woman
writer:
Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Clara Music Publ. Corp. and Reservoir Media Music
2:49
A6Goin’ Down Jordan
recording of:
Goin' Down Jordan
writer:
Irving Burgie and Theophilus Woods
publisher:
Caribbean Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Co. and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:34
B1Jump 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
3:40
B2Come Back Liza
3:04
B3Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Will His Love Be Like His Rum? (on 1955-10-19)
writer:
William Attaway and Harry Belafonte
2:32
B4Hava Nageela
recording of:
הבה נגילה (Hava Nagila, Hava Nagila, traditional Jewish folk song)
lyricist:
אברהם צבי אידלסון
composer:
[traditional]
3:10
B5The Jack‐Ass Song
2:53
B6Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
engineer:
Peter McCabe
associate producer:
Peter McCabe
producer:
Ralph Sall
mixer:
Peter McCabe and Ralph Sall
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Steve Scherer
bass guitar [bass]:
Robbie Shakespeare
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Sly Dunbar
guitar:
Lloyd "Gitsie" Willis and Paul Pesco
keyboard [keyboards]:
Paul Pesco and Handel Tucker
saxophone:
Dean Fraser
trombone:
Nambo Robinson
trumpet:
Chico Chin
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt
vocals:
Dream Warriors
recorded at:
Mixing Lab Studio in Kingston, Jamaica and Saturn Sound in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States
cover recording of:
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
lyricist and composer:
Norman Span
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp., MCA Music, Universal Music Corp. and Valentine Music Group Ltd.
4:30