All About Miriam Explained
All About Miriam is the 1966 ninth studio album of Miriam Makeba (LP Mercury 134029)[1] [2] Arrangements for the album were by Luchi DeJesus and Sivuca (as Severino Dias De Olivera). Sivuca also played guitar. Harold Dodson played bass, and drummer was Leopoldo Flemming.
Track listing
- "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) 3:00
- "Yetentu Tizaleny" 2:34
- "Maria Fulô" baião (Severino Dias de Oliveira) 2:53
- "I Think I Ought To" (Buddy Bernier) 2:11
- "Click Song (Number 1)" (Miriam Makeba) 2:16
- "To Love and Lose" (William Salter) 3:33
- "Four-Letter Words" (Margo Guryan) 2:16
- "U Shaka" 2:47
- "Mas Que Nada" samba (Jorge Ben Jor) 2:52
- "Mommy, Mommy What Is Heaven Like?" 2:46
- "Jol'inkomo" 2:59
- "The Sound of a Drum" (William Salter) 3:00
Notes and References
- Max Mojapelo, Sello Galane -Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South Africa 1920299289 2008
- Billboard - Nov 19, 1966 ALL ABOUT MIRIAM Miriam Makeba. Mercury MG 21095 (M); "... Not only does she excel in an almost-patented "Click Song," but also in songs like 'Mas Que Nada' and a heart-warming 'Mommy, Mommy, What Is Heaven Like?
