The Very Best of Harry Belafonte

Tracklist

• CD 1: Calypso Favorites
• 1
  Banana Boat (Day-o)
  3:04
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Mama Look a Booboo
  2:54
• 3
  I Do Adore Her
  2:50
• 4
  Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
  3:35
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)
  3:21
• 6
  Brown Skin Girl
  2:41
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Jump in the Line
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Jamaica Farewell
  3:06
  4.8 ★
• 9
  Jump Down, Spin Around
  2:02
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
  2:35
• 11
  Island in the Sun
  3:09
• 12
  Hold 'em Joe
  2:38
• 13
  Matilda
  3:37
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Cocoanut Woman
  2:59
• 15
  Star O
  2:04
• CD 2: Folk, Blues & Spirituals
• 1
  Midnight Special
  4:02
• 2
  Cotton Fields
  5:20
• 3
  Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
  3:15
• 4
  John Henry
  3:30
• 5
  Abraham, Martin and John
  3:59
• 6
  Muleskinner
  3:33
• 7
  God Bless the Child
  5:06
• 8
  This Land Is Your Land
  3:03
• 9
  Shenandoah
  3:44
• 10
  Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
  3:59
• 11
  Unchained Melody
  3:23
• 12
  One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
  4:36
• 13
  Hallelujah, I Love Her So
  2:55
• 14
  Swing Low
  4:02
• 15
  Amen
  3:05

More by Harry Belafonte

Turn the World Around

Turn the World Around 1977

Pure Gold

Pure Gold 1975

An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba

An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba 1965

An Evening With Belafonte / Mouskouri

An Evening With Belafonte / Mouskouri 1965

Jump Up Calypso

Jump Up Calypso 1961

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) / Jamaica Farewell

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) / Jamaica Farewell 1956

Release credits

• Al Hall
  double bass [8]
• Alexander Cambrelen
  congas [1]
• Bob Bollard
  producer [7]
• Bob Simpson
  engineer [6]
• Bob Sirapson
  engineer [7]
• Brock Peters
  choir vocals [1]
• Bud Shank
  saxophone [3]
• Buddy Childers
  trumpet [3]
• Buddy Collette
  saxophone [3]
• Carlos Vidal
  bongos [3]
• Charles Colman
  choir vocals [1]
• Conte Candoli
  trumpet [3]
• Daniel Barrajanos
  drums (drum set) [6]
• David Klein
  performer [3]
• Don Lamond
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Ed Kusby
  trombone [3]
• Edward O. Welker
  producer [8]
• Ernest Calabria
  cuatro [7], guitar [7]
• Ernie Calabria
  guitar [6]
• Eugene Wright
  double bass [3]
• Frank Guerrero
  timbales [3]
• Frantz Casséus
  guitar [8]
• Gloria Wynder
  choir vocals [1]
• Harry Belafonte
  lead vocals [1.1, 2.3], vocal [2.3-4, 2.6, 2.11, 2.13, 1.1, 1.4-10, 1.13, 1.15]
• Harry Klee
  saxophone [3]
• Henri René
  producer [3]
• Herbert Levy
  flute [1]
• Herbert Stewart
  saxophone [3]
• Herbert Stubbs
  choir vocals [1]
• Herman Diaz, Jr.
  producer [1]
• Hugo Montenegro
  producer [6]
• Irv Kluger
  drums (drum set) [3]
• J. Hamilton Grandison
  choir vocals [1]
• Jerome Richardson
  saxophone [6]
• Jim Hall
  guitar [3]
• Jimmy Giuffre
  saxophone [3]
• Jimmy Jones
  arranger [6], conductor [6]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [6]
• John F. Williams Jr.
  piano [3]
• John Haliburton
  trombone [3]
• John White
  choir vocals [1]
• Joseph Lewis
  choir vocals [1]
• Kelly Martin
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Lord Burgess
  choir vocals [1], guitar [8]
• Mario Castillo
  congas [1]
• Maynard Ferguson
  trumpet [3]
• Millard Thomas
  guitar [1.1, 1.7-8, 2.3-4, 2.6]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [1]
• Modesto Doran Martinez
  congas [3]
• Norman Keenan
  bass [1.7, 2.6], double bass [8]
• Osie Johnson
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Percy Brice
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Ralph Hunter
  chorus master [7], conductor [7]
• Sherman Sneed
  choir vocals [1]
• Si Zentner
  trombone [3]
• The Norman Luboff Choir
  choir vocals [9]
• Tony Scott
  arranger [13, 15], conductor [1.1, 2.3]
• Tony Scott and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13]
• Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus
  performing orchestra [1]
• Trinidad Steel Drum Band
  performer [7]
• Show all credits (60)

Issues

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  The Very Best of Harry Belafonte

  2x CD
  1998