Island In The Sun: The Best Of

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Banana Boat Song (Day-o)
recording of:
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway version made famous by Harry Belafonte)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd and Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co.
version of:
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Original folk song)
3:02
2Cocoanut Woman
producer:
Joe Carlton and Edward O. Welker
bongos:
Noah Rodriguez (on 1957-01-26)
congas:
Daniel Barrajanos (on 1957-01-26)
double bass:
Norman Keenan (on 1957-01-26)
flute:
Paige Brook (flautist) (on 1957-01-26) and Harold M. Jones (50s US flautist) (on 1957-01-26)
guitar:
Frantz Casséus (on 1957-01-26), Victor Messer (on 1957-01-26) and Millard Thomas (on 1957-01-26)
marimba:
George Devens (on 1957-01-26)
trumpet:
Joseph B. Wilder (on 1957-01-26)
choir vocals:
Gilbert E. Adkins (on 1957-01-26), Irving D. Barnes (on 1957-01-26), Leon Bibb (on 1957-01-26), Charles Colman (on 1957-01-26), Stephen Harbachick (baritone) (on 1957-01-26), Marvin Hayes (bass-baritone) (on 1957-01-26), Herbert L. Stubbs (on 1957-01-26), Irving Burgie (on 1957-01-26), Joe N. Kenyon (on 1957-01-26), Leroy B. Thompson (on 1957-01-26), Samuel R. McCurry (on 1957-01-26), John Nielsen (on 1957-01-26), Brock Peters (on 1957-01-26), Howard A. Roberts (founder of the Howard Roberts Chorale) (on 1957-01-26), Rodester Timmons (on 1957-01-26) and William Stewart (choral vocals in Harry Belafonte recordings) (on 1957-01-26)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1957-01-26)
conductor:
Robert DeCormier (on 1957-01-26)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-01-26)
recording of:
Cocoanut Woman (on 1957-01-26)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
2:50
3Jamaica Farewell
recording of:
Jamaica Farewell
lyricist and composer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
2:50
4Island in the Sun
producer:
Joe Carlton
bongos:
Noah Rodriguez (on 1957-01-27)
congas:
Daniel Barrajanos (on 1957-01-27)
double bass:
Norman Keenan (on 1957-01-27)
flute:
James N. DeMeo (on 1957-01-27) and Harold M. Jones (50s US flautist) (on 1957-01-27)
guitar:
Frantz Casséus (on 1957-01-27), Victor Messer (on 1957-01-27) and Millard Thomas (on 1957-01-27)
marimba:
Joe Venuto (on 1957-01-27)
trumpet:
Joseph B. Wilder (on 1957-01-27)
choir vocals:
Gilbert E. Adkins (on 1957-01-27), Irving D. Barnes (on 1957-01-27), Leon Bibb (on 1957-01-27), Charles Colman (on 1957-01-27), Stephen Harbachick (baritone) (on 1957-01-27), Marvin Hayes (bass-baritone) (on 1957-01-27), Herbert L. Stubbs (on 1957-01-27), Irving Burgie (on 1957-01-27), Joe N. Kenyon (on 1957-01-27), Leroy B. Thompson (on 1957-01-27), Samuel R. McCurry (on 1957-01-27), John Nielsen (on 1957-01-27), Brock Peters (on 1957-01-27), Howard A. Roberts (founder of the Howard Roberts Chorale) (on 1957-01-27), Rodester Timmons (on 1957-01-27) and William Stewart (choral vocals in Harry Belafonte recordings) (on 1957-01-27)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1957-01-27)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
conductor:
Robert DeCormier (on 1957-01-27)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-01-27)
recording of:
Island in the Sun (on 1957-01-27)
writer:
Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Publishing and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:21
5Mama Look a Booboo
recording of:
Mama Look a Boo Boo
writer:
Gene Barge and Frank Guida
3:07
6Matilda, Matilda
3:32
7Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
producer:
Henri René
bongos:
Carlos Vidal (Cuban percussionist) (on 1955-08-18)
congas:
Modesto Doran Martinez (on 1955-08-18)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (bass) (on 1955-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Irv Kluger (on 1955-08-18)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1955-08-18) and Millard J. Thomas (on 1955-08-18)
piano:
John F. Williams Jr. (50s US soul/jazz pianist) (on 1955-08-18)
saxophone:
Buddy Collette (on 1955-08-18), Jimmy Giuffre (on 1955-08-18), Harry Klee (on 1955-08-18), Bud Shank (on 1955-08-18) and Herbert Stewart (on 1955-08-18)
timbales:
Frank Guerrero (on 1955-08-18)
trombone:
John Haliburton (on 1955-08-18), Ed Kusby (on 1955-08-18) and Si Zentner (on 1955-08-18)
trumpet:
Conte Candoli (on 1955-08-18), Buddy Childers (American jazz trumpeter & composer) (on 1955-08-18) and Maynard Ferguson (on 1955-08-18)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-08-18)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-08-18)
conductor:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1955-08-18)
performer:
David Klein (on 1955-08-18)
recording of:
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) (on 1955-08-18)
lyricist:
Jack O. Segal (US songwriter) (in 1949)
composer:
Evelyn Danzig (in 1949)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Helton Music and Mills Music Limited
3:15
8God Bless the Child
5:03
9Danny Boy
cover recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
5:45
10Cotton Fields
5:17
11Hava Nagila
recording of:
הבה נגילה (Hava Nagila, traditional Jewish folk song)
lyricist:
אברהם צבי אידלסון
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:12
12Cucurucucu Paloma
5:30
13Come Back, Liza
3:11
14Farewell
1:52
15Turn Around
recording of:
Turn Around
lyricist:
Harry Belafonte
composer:
Alan Greene and Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:18
16Boll Weevil
2:16
17Hallelujah I Love Her So
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
cover recording of:
Hallelujah, I Love Her So (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:59
18I Got a Jump
1:46
19Take My Mother Home
3:59
20Annabella Lee
producer:
Jack Rollins
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
Annabelle Lee
additional lyricist:
Edgar Allan Poe (American writer)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Segal (US songwriter)
is based on:
Annabel Lee
recording of:
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway version made famous by Harry Belafonte)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd and Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co.
version of:
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Original folk song)
2:34