Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall

1960 live album by Harry Belafonte

Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall

Live album by Harry Belafonte

Released

November 1960

Recorded

May 2, 1960

Length

71:49

Label

RCA Victor

Producer

Bob Bollard

Harry Belafonte chronology

My Lord What a Mornin'
(1960)

Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
(1960)

Swing Dat Hammer
(1960)

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Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall is a live double album by Harry Belafonte. It is the second of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded May 2, 1960. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Pop albums charts.

Belafonte shares the stage in this live recording with The Belafonte Folk Singers, Odetta, The Chad Mitchell Trio and Miriam Makeba.

Track listing

"Jump Down Spin Around" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:14
"Suzanne" - Harry Belafonte - 5:50
"A Little Lyric of Great Importance" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 1:29
"Chickens" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:10
"Vaichazkem" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 1:34
"I Do Adore Her" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:18
"The Ballad of Sigmund Freud" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:28
"I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain/Water Boy" - Odetta - 6:54
"A Hole in the Bucket" - Harry Belafonte and Odetta - 5:19
"The Click Song" - Miriam Makeba and The Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
"One More Dance" - Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba - 3:43
"The Ox Drivers" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:59
"The Red Rosy Bush" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:51
"Didn't It Rain" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 5:27
"Hene Ma Tov" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
"I Know Where I'm Going" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:27
"Old King Cole" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 4:59
"La Bamba" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 8:04

The RCA Victor compact disc reissue (09026-62690-2) of this album contains alternate performances of the songs "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Hené Ma Tov", "I Know Where I'm Going" and "La Bamba".

Personnel

Harry Belafonte – vocals
The Belafonte Folk Singers – vocals
Chad Mitchell Trio – vocals
Odetta – vocals
Miriam Makeba – vocals
Danny Barrajanos – bongos, conga
Ernie Calabria – guitar
Walter Raim – guitar
Millard Thomas – guitar
Robert De Cormier – conductor
Milton Okun – conductor

Production notes

Bob Bollard – producer, liner notes
John Pfeiffer – reissue producer
Bob Simpson – engineer
Digital Remastering by Nate Johnson and Thomas MacCluskey
Photography by Roy DeCarava, Peter Perri and Jay Maisel

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Discography
Studio albums	Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954) Belafonte (1956) Calypso (1956) An Evening with Belafonte (1957) Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958) Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959) My Lord What a Mornin' (1959) Swing Dat Hammer (1960) Jump Up Calypso (1961) Midnight Special (1962) The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962) Streets I Have Walked (1963) Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964) In My Quiet Room (1966) Calypso in Brass (1966) Belafonte on Campus (1967) Belafonte Sings of Love (1968) Homeward Bound (1970) Belafonte by Request (1970) The Warm Touch (1971) Calypso Carnival (1971) Play Me (1973) Turn the World Around (1977) Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981) Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
Live albums	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959) Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964) En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966) Belafonte...Live! (1972) Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974) Belafonte '89 (1989) An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Compilations	The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
Collaborations	Porgy and Bess (1959) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri (1966) Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life (1970) "We Are the World" (1985)
Singles and songs	"Gomen-nasai" "Jamaica Farewell" "Mary's Boy Child" "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" "Mama Look at Bubu" "Island in the Sun" "Scarlet Ribbons" "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"
Related articles	Shari Belafonte March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Freedom Summer Sing Your Song

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