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Belafonte (album)

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Released
  
1955

Label
  
RCA Victor LPM1150

Belafonte (1955)
  
Calypso (1956)

Genre
  
Vocal, calypso

Producer
  
Henri René

Recorded
  
RCA Victor's Manhattan Center and 24th Street Studios, August 10 – 19, 1955

Belafonte is the second studio album by American recording artist Harry Belafonte, released at the end of 1955. The album was the first number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, topping the chart for six weeks before being knocked out of the top spot by Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Waterboy" (Avery Robinson) – 3:42
  2. "Troubles" (Harry Belafonte) – 3:38
  3. "Suzanne" (Belafonte, Millard Thomas) – 3:19
  4. "Matilda" (Norman Span) – 3:11
  5. "Take My Mother Home" (Hall Johnson) – 6:00
  6. "Noah" (Belafonte, William Attaway) – 4:53
  7. "Scarlet Ribbons" (Jack Segal, Evelyn Danzig) – 3:13
  8. "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'"(Norman Luboff, Belafonte) – 3:15
  9. "Unchained Melody" (Hy Zaret, Alex North) – 3:18
  10. "Jump Down, Spin Around" (Luboff, Belafonte, Attaway) – 1:54
  11. "Sylvie" (Huddie Ledbetter, Paul Campbell) – 5:21

Personnel

  • Harry Belafonte – vocals
  • Millard Thomas – guitar
  • Bud Shank – saxophone
  • Jimmy Giuffre – saxophone
  • Buddy Childers – trumpet
  • Conti Condoli – trumpet
  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet
  • Tony Scotts Orchestra
  • Norman Luboff Choir
  • References

    Belafonte (album) Wikipedia