My Lord What a Mornin'

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My Lord What a Mornin'
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Studio album by
Released1960
Recorded1960
Studio RCA Victor, New York City
Genre Folk
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Bollard
Harry Belafonte chronology
Porgy and Bess
(1959)
My Lord What a Mornin'
(1960)
Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall
(1960)
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My Lord What a Mornin' is an album of spirituals sung by Harry Belafonte and released by RCA Victor in 1960. [2] The album was reissued in 1995 with additional bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wake up Jacob" (Harry Belafonte, Gene Corman, Milton Okun) – 1:55
  2. "My Lord, What a Mornin'" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 4:27
  3. "Ezekiel" (Traditional) – 3:41
  4. "'Buked and Scorned" (Belafonte, Corman) – 4:45
  5. "Stars Shinin' (By 'N By)" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 1:38
  6. "Oh, Freedom" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 3:22
  7. "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" (Traditional) – 4:38
  8. "Oh, Let Me Fly" (Belafonte, Corman, Okun) – 2:11
  9. "Swing Low" (Traditional) – 4:02
  10. "March Down to Jordan" (Belafonte, Okun, Ned Wright) – 3:28
  11. "Steal Away" – 3:47
    1995 reissue bonus tracks:
  12. "All My Trials" (Traditional, Carter, Greene) – 4:04
  13. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (Traditional) – 3:59
  14. "Go Down Emanuel Road" (Irving Burgie) – 3:12
  15. "In My Father's House" – 3:37
  16. "Goin' Down Jordan" (Theophilus Woods) – 3:38

Personnel

Production notes:

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1960The Billboard 20034

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