| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Harry Belafonte |
Angelina |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Legacy |
today's show remembers Harry Belafonte who passed away April 25 |
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| Harry Belafonte o/ Harold McGhee |
Lean On Me |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Legacy |
rec 1949 Belafonte's first recording, this was a single for the Roost label. thank you for requesting this! |
| Harry Belafonte |
Mark Twain |
"Mark Twain" and Other Folk Favorites |
Jazz Elite |
rec 1954 Belafonte found the material for this album by studying the Library of Congress archives |
| Harry Belafonte |
Man Piaba |
"Mark Twain" and Other Folk Favorites |
Jazz Elite |
rec 1954 love how he calls out Albert Einstein in the lyrics |
| Harry Belafonte |
Come Back Liza |
Pure Gold |
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rec 1955 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Jump Down, Spin Around |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Legacy |
rec 1955 |
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| Harry Belafonte |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Calypso |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1956 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) |
Calypso |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1956 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Brown Skin Girl |
Calypso |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1956 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Troubles |
Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1956 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Island In The Sun |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1957, cowritten by Belafonte and Lord Burgess for the film ISLAND IN THE SUN
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| Harry Belafonte |
Hava Negila |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1957 great request!! |
| Harry Belafonte |
Mama Look a Boo Boo |
The Versatile Mr. Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1957 cowritten Belafonte, Lord Burgess & Lord Melody, original title "Mama Look at Bubu" |
| Harry Belafonte |
Cocoanut Woman |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1957 cowritten Belafonte & Lord Burgess |
| Harry Belafonte |
A Fool For You |
Belafonte Sings the Blues |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1958, song written by Ray Charles |
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| Harry Belafonte |
Matilda (Live) |
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1959 incredible live performance of this song he originally recorded in 1956 |
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| Harry Belafonte |
Another Man Done Gone |
Swing Dat Hammer |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1960 SWING DAT HAMMER was a collection of chain gang song collected by Alan Lomax |
| Harry Belafonte |
Midnight Special |
Midnight Special |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1962 the harmonica riff at the beginning of the song is the first officially released recording of Bob Dylan |
| Harry Belafonte |
Jump In The Line |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1961 |
| Harry Belafonte |
This Land Is Your Land |
Streets I Have Walked |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1963 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes Down) |
Very Best of Harry Belafonte |
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rec 1953 for the movie BRIGHT ROAD, Belafonte's first feature film performance |
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| Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba |
My Angel (Malaika) |
An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1965 |
| Harry Belafonte & Falumi |
(There's A) Hole In The Bucket |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1977 song cowritten by Belafonte and Odetta |
| Harry Belafonte & Jennifer Warnes |
Skin To Skin |
Paradise in Gazankulu |
EMI |
rec 1988 an apartheid protest album, this was Belafonte's final studio album |
| Harry Belafonte and the Muppets |
Turn the World Around |
The Muppet Show |
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rec 1978. Belafonte performed with muppets wearing traditional African masks; he consulted with the muppet makers on the mask designs to make sure they weren't insensitive or offensive |
| Harry Belafonte |
Jamaica Farewell |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
RCA/Victor |
rec 1956 closing with one of Belafonte's most beloved songs |
