Favourite Love Ballads

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

Annotation

UK 2003 CD release
Label: Prism Leisure - Cat#: PLATCD 759 - EAN: 5 014293 675925

Annotation last modified on 2006-03-03 03:10 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
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1Lean on Me
tenor saxophone:
Brew Moore (in 1949-04)
trumpet:
Howard McGhee (in 1949-04)
orchestra:
Howard McGhee and His Orchestra (in 1949-04)
recording of:
Lean on Me (in 1949-04)
composer:
Alan Greene and Edwin Waldman
3:13
2Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
recording engineer:
Harry Belafonte
producer:
Jack Rollins
double bass:
Tommy Potter
guitar:
Jimmy Raney
piano:
Al Haig
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
arranger:
Fred Norman
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
2:56
3How Green Was My Valley
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1949-07-19)
recording of:
How Green Was My Valley (on 1949-07-19)
composer:
Alan Greene and Nick Kenny
3:13
4Recognition
tenor saxophone:
Brew Moore (in 1949-04)
trumpet:
Howard McGhee (in 1949-04)
orchestra:
Howard McGhee and His Orchestra (in 1949-04)
recording of:
Recognition (in 1949-04)
composer:
Harry Belafonte
2:53
5Deep as the River
producer:
Monte Kay
conductor:
Pete Rugolo (on 1949-07-19)
recording of:
Deep as the River (on 1949-07-19)
composer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
2:56
6They Didn't Believe Me
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1949-07-19)
cover recording of:
They Didn’t Believe Me (on 1949-07-19)
lyricist:
Herbert Reynolds
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
part of:
The Girl From Utah
3:20
7Close Your Eyes
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1949-07-19)
cover recording of:
Close Your Eyes (on 1949-07-19)
lyricist and composer:
Bernice Petkere (in 1933)
publisher:
Bernice Petkere Music Company, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1933)
2:29
8Whispering
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
Whispering
lyricist:
Richard Coburn (in 1920) and Malvin Schönberger (in 1920)
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader) (in 1920) and John Schoenberger (in 1920)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Fisher Music Corp., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1920)
2:17
9Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
recording of:
Motherless Child
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:19
10I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) (in 1949)
composer:
J. Fred Coots and Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
2:42
11Farewell to Arms
producer:
Monte Kay
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
Farewell to Arms (in 1949)
composer:
Abner Silver and Allie Wrubel
3:10
12Annabelle 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)
2:40
13Venezuela
recording engineer:
Harry Belafonte
producer:
Jack Rollins
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
2:41
14Simple, Simple, Simple
producer:
Jack Rollins
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
Simple, Simple, Simple
composer:
Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal (US songwriter)
3:06
15Only One Like Me
producer:
Jack Rollins
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
vocals:
The Belafonte Singers
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
Only One Like Me
lyricist:
C.J. Norwood
composer:
John Benson Brooks
2:42
16The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
producer:
Jack Rollins
double bass:
Tommy Potter
guitar:
Jimmy Raney
piano:
Al Haig
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte
arranger:
Fred Norman
recording of:
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Buddy Bernier and Jerry Brainin
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:50

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