Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba

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Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba
Compilation album by Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte
Released 1975
Genre Folk music
Miriam Makeba chronology
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
(1965)
Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba
(1975)
Comme une symphonie d'amour
(1979)

Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba is a 1975 compilation of duets of Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte that were previously released either in Belafonte's or in Makeba's discography.

Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist

Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.

Harry Belafonte American singer

Harry Belafonte is an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) is the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, most notably in Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

Track listing

  1. "Malaika" - 3:12
  2. "Into Yam" - 2:41
  3. "I Do Adore Her" - 2:45
  4. "Cameroon" - 2:50
  5. "Goin' Down Jordan" - 3:34
  6. "Tonados De Media Noche" - 3:06
  7. "Don't Stop The Carnival" - 5:00
  8. "Khawuyani-Khanyange" - 3:12
  9. "Mr Bojangles" - 4:47
  10. "Kwedini" - 2:15
  11. "If I Were A Carpenter" - 3:37
  12. "Maduna" - 3:49
  13. "Train Song" - 3:08
  14. "Little Bird" - 4:20
  15. "Vamos Chamar Ovento" - 3:21
  16. "Will His Love Be Like His Rum?" - 2:32
  17. "Chove-Chuva" - 2:31
  18. "Roll On Buddy" - 2:47
  19. "Pole Mze" - 2:15
  20. "Come Back Liza" - 3:05
  21. "Where Can I Go?" - 2:53
  22. "Brown Skin Girl" - 2:45
  23. "Woza" - 2:57
  24. "Abraham Martin and John" - 3:45


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