Miriam Makeba (album)

Miriam Makeba
Studio album by Miriam Makeba
Released	11 May 1960
Venue	Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	World music, African music
Length	34:42 (LP); 35:07 (CD)
Label	RCA Victor (U.S.) Gallo Africa
Producer	Bob Bollard
Miriam Makeba chronology
Miriam Makeba (1960) The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Miriam Makeba is the debut album by Miriam Makeba. ^[3] It was released in 1960 by RCA Victor. The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Retreat Song"	Miriam Makeba	2:34
2.	"Suliram" (Indonesian lullaby)	Charles Carl Carter	2:45
3.	"The Click Song"	Makeba, Khoza, Majola, Mdedle, Mogosti	2:09
4.	"Umhome"	Makeba	1:16
5.	"Olilili"	Silinga	2:31
6.	"Lakutshn, Ilanga"	Mackay Davashe, Glazer	2:07
7.	"Mbube" (with The Chad Mitchell Trio)	Solomon Linda	3:17
8.	"The Naughty Little Flea"	Norman Thomas	3:45
9.	"Where Does It Lead?"	Gwen Davis	2:29
10.	"Nomeva"	Makeba	2:37
11.	"House of the Rising Sun"	Perry Lopez	1:57
12.	"Saduva"	Makeba	2:30
13.	"One More Dance" (with Charles Colman)	Charles Carl Carter	2:40
14.	"Iya Guduza"	Makeba	2:05

Personnel

• Miriam Makeba – vocals
• Perry Lopez – guitar
• The Belafonte Folk Singers conducted by Milt Okun

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
3. "Recorded a year after the international hit musical King Kong (1959), which provided many black South African musicians with the opportunity to escape apartheid, Makeba's debut album paints a compelling portrait of the artist in exile." Miles Keylock, "Miriam Makeba" in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Universe Publishing, 2005), p. 51.