The Very Best of Harry Belafonte

by Harry Belafonte

Overview

The Very Best of Harry Belafonte fulfills the promise of the title in fine fashion, compiling 20 of Belafonte's best-known hits onto a single CD (though it cheats slightly by adding a pair of unreleased tracks, "Bam Bam Bamba" and "Two Brothers"). Fans of his breakout Calypso LP from 1956 will find several tracks here -- the obvious "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" plus "Jamaica Farewell" and "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)," though unfortunately not "Brown Skin Girl." Other highlights include "Coconut Woman" and "Island in the Sun." Interested parties who find much too much to love on Belafonte's three-disc set Greatest Hits will find everything they need right here. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	11/06/2001
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0078636809724

Tracks

1. Land of the Sea and Sun
2. Gotta Travel On
3. Day-O (Banana Boat)
4. Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
5. Angelina
6. Cotton Fields
7. Angelique-O
8. Jump Down, Spin Around
9. Jump in the Line
10. Cucurrucucu Paloma
11. Coconut Woman
12. Jamaica Farewell
13. I'm Just a Country Boy
14. Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
15. Hold 'Em Joe
16. Two Brothers
17. Island in the Sun
18. Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
19. Mama, Look at Bubu
20. Bam Bam Bamba
21. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
22. Mary's Boy Child

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Harry Belafonte   Primary Artist
Bel Aire Band   Primary Artist
Laurindo Almeida   Guest Artist
Ralph Hunter   Director

Technical Credits

Billie Holiday   Composer
Irving Burgie   Composer
Arthur Herzog, Jr.   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Lead Belly   Composer
Evelyn Danzig   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Dick Holler   Composer
Dave Kapp   Producer
Lord Burgess   Composer
Jester Hairston   Composer
Marshall Barer   Composer
Art Garfunkel   Composer
Harry Thomas   Composer
William Eaton   Composer
Jack Pleis   Producer
Jack Segal   Composer
Ernie Altschuler   Producer
Dennis Farnon   Composer
Lord Melody   Composer
Jerry Jeff Walker   Composer
Norman Span   Composer
Norman Luboff   Composer
Hector Acosta   Composer
Harvey Schmidt   Composer
Harry Belafonte   Composer
Henri Rene   Composer,Producer
Henry Rollins   Composer
Herman Diaz, Jr.   Producer
Joe Carlton   Producer
Hy Grill   Producer
E.O. Welker   Producer
Dr. Benedict Mayers   Composer
William Attaway   Composer
Bill Attaway   Composer
Tom Jones   Composer
Fred Brooks   Composer
Stephen Somvel   Composer
Raymond Bell   Composer
Paul Clayton   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Bob Bollard   Producer
Iain Burgess   Composer