Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean explained

Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean
Type:Album
Artist:Harry Belafonte
Cover:Belafonte sings of the caribbean.jpg
Released:1957
Recorded:January 27, 1957
Venue:Webster Hall, New York City
Genre:Calypso
Length:35:52
Label:RCA Victor LPM1505
Producer:Joe Carlton
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Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM-1505) in 1957.

It followed his album of calypso music, Calypso (1956), which was a major commercial success in the United States, spending over half a year atop the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. Although Sings of the Caribbean was less successful, only reaching number 17 on the chart, it nevertheless "consolidated the vogue for calypso".[1] According to Cary Ginell of AllMusic, Belfatone Sings of the Caribbean, being the singer's second set of songs from the West Indies, "expanded the scope in both style as well as geography from the Calypso album", additionally noting the addition of orchestral arrangements.[2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Scratch, Scratch" (Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess) – 2:39
  2. "Lucy's Door" (Traditional, Lord Burgess) – 3:43
  3. "Cordelia Brown" (Lord Burgess, Belafonte) – 2:53
  4. "Don't Ever Love Me" (Burgie) – 2:46
  5. "Love, Love Alone" (John Hardy) – 3:19
  6. "Cocoanut Woman" (Lord Burgess, Belafonte) – 3:18

Side two

  2. "Haïti Chérie" (Lord Burgess, Belafonte) – 3:18
  3. "Judy Drownded" (Burgie) – 3:28
  4. "Island in the Sun" (Lord Burgess, Belafonte) – 3:21
  5. "Angelique-O" (Burgie, William Attaway) – 2:40
  6. "Lead Man Holler" (Lord Burgess, Belafonte) – 4:18

Personnel

Production notes:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stratton . Jon . When Music Migrates: Crossing British and European Racial Faultlines, 19452010 (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series) . 2016 . Routledge . Abindgon-on-Thames . 978-1472429780 . 89–90 . December 27, 2022 . Paul McCartney, Diaspora and the Politics of Identity . https://books.google.com/books?id=HLKXCwAAQBAJ&dq=sandie+shaw+long+live+love+calypso&pg=PA90 .
  2. Web site: Ginell . Cary . Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean Review by Cary Ginell . AllMusic . December 27, 2022.

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