''The Many Moods of Belafonte'' 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 Victor (LSP-2574) in 1962. The album features performances by South African trumpeter
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...
and vocalist
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
.
Track listing
#"Tongue Tie Baby" (William Eaton) – 3:21
#"Who's Gonna Be Your Man" (Fred Brooks) – 3:42
#"'Long About Now" (
Fred Hellerman
Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Hellerman was an original member of the seminal American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronn ...
,
Fran Minkoff
Frances Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers.
Career
Her collaborations include the anti-war song " Come Away Melinda"—recorded in 1963 by ...
) – 3:55
#"Bamotsweri" – 2:33
#"I'm On My Way to Saturday" (
Margo Guryan
Margo Guryan (September 20, 1937 – November 8, 2021) was an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song " Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky a ...
) – 2:45
#"Betty an' Dupree" – 5:19
#"Summertime Love" (
Frank Loesser
Frank Henry Loesser (; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', among others. He won a Tony ...
) – 3:58
#"Lyla, Lyla" (M. Zeira, N. Alterman) – 3:26
#"
Zombie Jamboree" (Traditional) – 3:35
# "
Try To Remember
"Try to Remember" is a song about nostalgia from the musical comedy play ''The Fantasticks'' (1960). It is the first song performed in the show, encouraging the audience to imagine what the sparse set suggests. The words were written by the Amer ...
" (
Tom Jones,
Harvey Schmidt
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, '' The Fantasticks'', which ran of ...
) – 3:24
#"
Dark as a Dungeon" (
Merle Travis) – 4:15
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
*
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
– vocals on "Bamotsweri"
*
Ernie Calabria
Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to:
People
* Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive
* Ernie Adams (disambiguation)
* Ernie Afaganis (born c ...
– guitar
*Millard Thomas – guitar
*
Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner (born May 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist who has worked with Harry Belafonte, Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, and Van Morrison, among others.
Career
Berliner had his first television experience at age seven w ...
– guitar
*
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...
– trumpet
*John Cartwright – bass
*Norman Keenan – bass
*Bill Salter – bass
*
Percy Brice
Austin Percy Brice Jr. (March 25, 1923 – November 2020), nicknamed Big P, was an American jazz drummer.
Brice was born in March 1923 in New York City. His professional career began around the end of World War II, when he played with Benny Carter ...
– drums
*
Ralph MacDonald
Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.
His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...
– percussion
*Auchee Lee – percussion
*Danny Barrajanos – percussion
*Julio Collazo – percussion
Production notes:
*Bob Bollard – producer
*Orchestra conducted by William Eaton
*William Eaton – leader
*Bob Simpson – engineer
*Ed Begley – mastering
*Peter Perri – cover photo
Chart positions
References
1962 albums
Harry Belafonte albums
RCA Victor albums
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