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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 /TiVo
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Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Burgie, Composer - Burgie, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ralph Hunter, Performer
Originally Recorded 1961. All rights reserved by BMG Music
E.O. Welker, Producer - Bob Corman, Conductor - Clayton, Composer - Clayton, Lyricist - Lazer, Composer - Lazer, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - The Six, Composer - The Six, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ehrlich, Composer - Ehrlich, Lyricist
(P) 2001 BMG Music Enterainment.
Herman Diaz, Jr., Producer - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Tony Scott, Conductor - Burgess, Composer - Burgess, Lyricist - William Attaway, Composer - William Attaway, Lyricist - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Harry Belafonte, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Henri René, Conductor - Thomas, Lyricist - Thomas, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Harry Belafonte, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Lyricist - Dave Kapp, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Burgie, Composer - Burgie, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ralph Hunter, Conductor
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Farnon, Conductor - Ed Welker, Producer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - C.C. Carter, Composer - C.C. Carter, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Frantz Casseus, Guitar - Attaway, Composer - Attaway, Lyricist - Victor Messer, Guitar - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Burgess, Composer - Burgess, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Carlton, Producer - Bob Corman's Orchestra & Chorus, Performer
Originally Recorded 1957. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Luboff, Composer - Luboff, Lyricist - William Attaway, Composer - William Attaway, Lyricist - Norman Luboff Choir, Vocal - Henri René, Producer - Harry Belafonte, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Stephen Somvel, Composer - Stephen Somvel, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ralph Hunter, Performer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Farnon, Producer - William Lorin, Conductor - Henri René, Producer - Tomás Méndez, Composer - Tomás Méndez, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1956. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Frantz Casseus, Guitar - Victor Messer, Guitar - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Burgess, Composer - Burgess, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Carlton, Producer - Bob Corman's Orchestra & Chorus, Performer
Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lord Burgess, Composer - Lord Burgess, Lyricist - Ed Welker, Producer - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1955. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Barer, Composer - Barer, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Carlton, Producer - Brooks, Composer - Brooks, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Hattori, Composer - Hattori, Lyricist - Henri René, Conductor - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Mayers, Composer - Mayers, Lyricist - Dave Kapp, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Harry Thomas, Composer - Harry Thomas, Lyricist - Joe Carlton, Producer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
The Belafonte Singers, Vocal - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Bob Corman, Conductor - Irving Gordon, Composer - Irving Gordon, Lyricist - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - E.O. Welker, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Frantz Casseus, Guitar - Victor Messer, Guitar - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Harry Belafonte, Composer - Harry Belafonte, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Burgess, Composer - Burgess, Lyricist - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Carlton, Producer - Bob Corman's Orchestra & Chorus, Performer
(P) Originally Recorded 1957. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Eddie Sauter, Performer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Dave Kapp, Producer - Norman Span, Composer - Norman Span, Lyricist - Hy Grill, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Lord Melody, Composer - Lord Melody, Lyricist - Frantz Casseus, Guitar - Ed Welker, Producer - Victor Messer, Guitar - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Carlton, Producer - Bob Corman's Orchestra & Chorus, Performer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
The Belafonte Singers, Vocal - Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Hector Acosta, Composer - Hector Acosta, Lyricist - Bob Corman, Conductor - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - E.O. Welker, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Harry Belafonte, Performer - Dave Kapp, Producer - Jack Segal, Composer - Jack Segal, Lyricist - Hy Grill, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Millard J. Thomas, Guitar - Evelyn Danzig, Composer - Evelyn Danzig, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jester Hairston, Composer - Jester Hairston, Lyricist - Frantz Casseus, Guitar - Dennis Farnon, Producer - Millard Thomas, Guitar - Henri René, Producer - Harry Belafonte, Vocal - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:26
- Main artists: Harry Belafonte
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 2001 BMG Entertainment
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