When I featured this artist the first time on this show, he was still with us. 

Unfortunately, Harry Belafonte passed away just a few weeks later. 

This is the second record we will hear of the two my dad had from this singer. This was Harry’s second LP in his illustrious career. While his first did hit number three on the Billboard charts. This was his first of two number one albums.

So, get ready to hear one of the purest singing voices ever recorded in Volume 231: Simply Belafonte.

For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Credits and copyrights

Harry Belafonte – Belafonte

Label: RCA Victor – LPM 1150, RCA Victor – LPM-1150

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rockaway Pressing

Released: 1956

Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Calypso, Vocal, Folk

We will hear 7 of the 11 songs from this album.

Waterboy

Written-By – Harry Belafonte

Troubles

Written-By – Harry Belafonte

Matilda (This one made me get my bongo drums out)

Written-By – Harry Thomas

Noah (Next up a song of biblical proportions)

Written-By – Harry Belafonte and William Attaway

Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

Written-By – Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal

Unchained Melody

Written-By – Alex North, Hy Zaret

Jump Down, Spin Around

Written-By – H. Belafonte, Norman Luboff, and William Attaway

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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