Belafonte Sings the Blues explained

Belafonte Sings the Blues
Type:Album
Artist:Harry Belafonte
Cover:Belafonte sings the blues.jpg
Released:1958
Recorded:1958
Genre:Jazz blues
Length:45:39
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Ed Welker
Prev Title:To Wish You a Merry Christmas
Prev Year:1958
Next Title:Love is a Gentle Thing
Next Year:1959

Belafonte Sings the Blues is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-1972) in 1958. It was recorded in New York City on January 29 (with Alan Greene as conductor) and March 29 (with Bob Corman as conductor), and in Hollywood on June 5 and 7 (conducted by Dennis Farnon). The album was Belafonte's first to be recorded in stereophonic sound.

Track listing

  1. "A Fool for You" (Ray Charles)
  2. "Losing Hand" (Charles Calhoun (Jesse Stone)
  3. "One For My Baby" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
  4. "In the evenin' mama = In the evening (when the sun goes down)" (Leroy Carr)
  5. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles)
  6. "The Way That I Feel" (Fred Brooks)
  7. "Cotton Fields" (C. C. Carter)
  8. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday. Arthur Herzog Jr.)
  9. "Mary Ann" (Ray Charles)
  10. "Sinner's Prayer" (Lowell Fulson)
  11. "Fare Thee Well" (Fred Brooks)

Personnel