Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall

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Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
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Live album by
Harry Belafonte
ReleasedNovember 1960
RecordedMay 2, 1960
Length71:49
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. [1]

Contents

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

Reception

Billboard put it in its "Spotlight Winner's of the Week", writing "This second Belafonte Carnegie set has the added lure of two of the top current names on the folk scene in Odessa and Makeba, and even tho each gets only two chances in the set, these outings are gems. Belafonte himself is featured with both upon occasion as well as with his own group. Chad Mitchell's folk group also impresses. A lot of excitement here-for listeners and dealers, in a solid two-LP set." [2]

Track listing

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

Production notes

Charts

Chart (1960)Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling Monoraul LP's [1] 3

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 17. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ Billboard, Spotlight section. November 14, 1960.


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