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Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites

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Released
  
1954

Artist
  
Harry Belafonte

Label
  
Vocal Classics

Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites(1954)
  
Belafonte(1956)

Release date
  
1954

Genre
  
Calypso music

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Recorded
  
RCA Victor's Manhattan Center and 24th Street Studios, April 9, 22 & 29 and May 13, 1954

Producers
  
Hugo Winterhalter, Henri René

Similar
  
Harry Belafonte albums, Other albums

Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites is the debut album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1954. It is out of print.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mark Twain" (Traditional, Harry Belafonte) – 3:42
  2. "Man Piaba" (Belafonte, Jack K. Rollins) – 3:30
  3. "John Henry" (Traditional) – 3:27
  4. "Tol' My Captain" (Paul Campbell) – 2:45
  5. "Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)" (Traditional) – 3:2
  6. "The Drummer and the Cook" (Traditional, Paul Campbell) – 2:04
  7. "The Fox" (Traditional, Campbell) – 2:43
  8. "Soldier, Soldier" (Traditional, Campbell) – 1:37
  9. "The Next Big River" (Traditional, Campbell) – 0:20
  10. "Delia" (Fred Brooks, Lester Judson) – 2:58
  11. "Mo Mary" (Richard Dyer-Bennett) – 2:15
  12. "Lord Randall" (Traditional, Campbell) – 4:07

Paul Campbell was a fictitious entity used to copyright material in the public domain.

Personnel

  • Harry Belafonte – vocals
  • Millard Thomas – guitar
  • Orchestra and chorus supervised by Hugo Winterhalter

    • Production notes:

  • H. Winterhalter – producer
  • Henri René – producer
  • Jack Lewis – producer
  • Joe Carlton – producer
  • Kysar – cover art
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

    • Songs

    1Mark Twain3:46
    2Man Piaba3:36
    3John Henry3:33

    References

    Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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