Harry Belafonte - Belafonte At Carnegie Hall (1959)

An actor, humanitarian, and the acknowledged "King of Calypso," Harry Belafonte ranked among the most seminal performers of the postwar era. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, Belafonte's staggering talent, good looks, and masterful assimilation of folk, jazz, and worldbeat rhythms allowed him to achieve a level of mainstream eminence and crossover popularity virtually unparalleled in the days before the advent of the civil rights movement - a cultural uprising which he himself helped spearhead.

"Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" is a live double album by Harry Belafonte. It is the first of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded on April 19 and April 20, 1959. The stereo version of the album was released on the RCA Victor label, in the "Living Stereo" series. The concerts were benefits for The New Lincoln School and Wiltwyck School, respectively.


Tracklist:

"ACT I - MOODS OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO"

 Side one:"Introduction/Darlin' Cora"
"Sylvie"
"Cotton Fields"
"John Henry"
"Take My Mother Home"

 Side two:"The Marching Saints"

"ACT II - IN THE CARIBBEAN"

"The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)"
"Jamaica Farewell"
"Man Piaba"
"All My Trials"

Side three:"Mama Look a Boo Boo"
"Come Back Liza"
"Man Smart (Woman Smarter)"

"ACT III - ROUND THE WORLD"

"Hava Nagila"
"Danny Boy"
"Merci Bon Dieu"

 Side four:"Cucurrucucu Paloma"
"Shenandoah"
"Matilda"

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte At Carnegie Hall (1959)
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