''Belafonte By Request'' is an album by
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...
, released by
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
in 1970.
[ Allmusic entry for ''Belafonte By Request''Retrieved November 2009.]
Track listing
# "
Mr. Bojangles" (
Jerry Jeff Walker
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) – 4:56
# "Oh Linda" (
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
) – 3:14
# "Missouri Birds" (
John Stewart) – 3:54
# "Big City Living" – 3:15
# "
Abraham, Martin and John" (
Dick Holler
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) – 3:55
# "You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:42
# "Marianne" (William Eaton) – 3:10
# "
Scarborough Fair / Canticle" (Traditional,
Paul Simon,
Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 h ...
) – 3:26
# "Put Your Tears Away" (
Bobby Scott, Richard Ahlert) – 3:27
# "I've Got a Secret" (
Fred Neil
Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material& ...
) – 3:51
Personnel
*
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...
– vocals
* Arranged and conducted by William Eaton
Production notes:
*
Jack Pleis
Jack K. Pleis (May 11, 1917 – December 5, 1990) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, composer and producer. He recorded on London and Decca Records in the 1950s, and Columbia Records in the 1960s. During the course of his career, ...
– producer
* Andy Wiswell – producer "Put Your Tears Away"
* Paul Goodman – engineer
* Pete Abbott – engineer
* Ken Whitmore – cover, liner notes
References
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1970 albums
Harry Belafonte albums
RCA Records albums
Albums produced by Jack Pleis