Belafonte by Request
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Belafonte By Request is an album by Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

, released in 1970.

Track listing

  1. "Mr. Bojangles
    Mr. Bojangles (song)
    Mr. Bojangles is the title of a song originally written and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title...

    " (Jerry Jeff Walker
    Jerry Jeff Walker
    Jerry Jeff Walker is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is probably most famous for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles.-Biography:...

    ) – 4:47
  2. "Oh Linda" (Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

    ) – 3:14
  3. "Missouri Birds" (John Stewart) – 3:54
  4. "Big City Living" – 3:13
  5. "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler
    Dick Holler
    Dick Holler is a songwriter, pianist and performer. He is best known as the writer of the folk-pop standard "Abraham, Martin and John" which has been recorded by numerous artists including Dion, Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, Andy Williams, Marvin Gaye.-Early life :He moved with his...

    ) – 3:54
  6. "You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:39
  7. "Marianne" (William Eaton) – 3:08
  8. "Scarborough Fair
    Scarborough Fair
    "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...

    " (Traditional, Paul Simon
    Paul Simon
    Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

    , Art Garfunkel
    Art Garfunkel
    Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...

    ) – 3:24
  9. "Put Your Tears Away" (Bobby Scott
    Bobby Scott (musician)
    Bobby Scott was an American musician, record producer, and songwriter.-Biography:He was born Robert William Scott in Mount Pleasant, New York, and became a pianist, vibraphonist, and singer, and could also play the accordion, cello, clarinet, and double bass...

    , Richard Ahlert) – 3:22
  10. "I've Got A Secret" (Fred Neil
    Fred Neil
    Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...

    ) – 3:44

Personnel

  • Harry Belafonte
    Harry Belafonte
    Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

    – vocals
  • Arranged and Conducted by William Eaton

Production notes:
  • Jack Pleis – producer
  • Andy Wiswell – producer "Put Your Tears Away"
  • Paul Goodman – engineer
  • Pete Abbott – engineer
  • Ken Whitmore – cover, liner notes

External links

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