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]
The 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.