Miriam Makeba discography explained

This is a discography of South African musician Miriam Makeba (1953-2008).

Artist:	Miriam Makeba
Studio:	23
Live:	5
Compilation:	19
Ep:	3
Singles:	16

Studio albums

• Miriam Makeba (1960) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2267)
• The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962) (LP Kapp KL1274)
• The World of Miriam Makeba (1963) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2750) #86 (US)^[1]
• The Voice of Africa (1964) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2845) #122 (US)^[1]
• Makeba Sings! (1965) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3321)
• An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) (LP with Harry Belafonte; RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3420; Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording) #85 (US)^[1]
• The Magic of Makeba (1965) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3512)
• The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966) (LP Mercury 134016)
• All About Miriam (1966) (LP Mercury 134029)
• Pata Pata (1967) (LP Reprise RS6274) #74 (US)^[1]
• Makeba! (1968) (LP Reprise RS6310)
• Keep Me in Mind (1970) (LP Reprise RS6381)
• A Promise (1974) (LP RCA YSPL1-544)
• Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975) (LP with Bongi Makeba; Guinea: Editions Syliphone Conakry SLP 48)
• Country Girl (1978) (LP Sonodisc ESP165518)
• Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979) (LP Sonodisc ESP 7501)
• Sangoma (1988) (CD Warner Bros. 25673)
• Welela (1989) (CD Gallo CDGSP3084) #6 (US World Music Albums)^[1]
• Eyes on Tomorrow (1991) (CD Gallo CDGSP3086) #10 (US World Music Albums)^[1]
• Sing Me a Song (1993) (CD CDS12702)
• Homeland (2000) (CD Putumayo PUTU1642)
• Reflections (2004) (CD Gallo Music GWVCD-51) #12 (US World Music Albums)^[1]
• Forever (2006) (CD Gallo Music CDGURB-082) - compilation

Live albums

• Miriam Makeba in Concert! (1967) (LP) (Reprise RS6253) #182 (US)^[1]
• Live in Tokyo (1968) (LP) (Reprise SJET8082)
• Live in Conakry: Appel a l'Afrique (1974) (LP) (Sonodisc SLP22)
• Enregistrement public au Theatre des Champs-Elysées (1977) (LP) (released on CD6508 as Pata Pata: Live in Paris in 1998)
• Live at Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966 (2003) (CD and DVD) (Gallo Music GWVCD-49)

Compilations

• The Best of Miriam Makeba (LP) Canada: RCA Victor LSP-3982, 1968
• Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (2xLP) RCA International (Camden) PJL2-8042, 1975
• Miriam Makeba (LP) Italy: Record Bazaar RB 254, 1980
• The Queen of African Music (CD) Verlag Pläne 831 655–938, 1987
• Africa (CD) Germany: Novus 3155-2-N/ND 83155, 1991
• Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks: Volume 1 (as Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks; Remastered from 78/45 RPM recorded between 1956 and 1959) (CD) TELCD 2303, 1991
• Folk Songs from Africa (CD) SAAR CD 12514, 1994
• En public à Paris et Conakry (CD), 1996
• Hits and Highlights (CD), 1997
• Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks: Volume 2 (as Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks; Remastered from 78/45 RPM recorded between 1956 and 1959) (CD) TELCD 2315, 1997
• The Best of Miriam Makeba (CD) BMG/RCA, 2000
• Legend (CD) Next Music CDSL21, 2001
• Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba (CD), 2001
• The Guinea Years (CD/LP) STCD3017/SLP48, 2001
• Mother Africa: The Black Anthology (CD), 2002
• The Best of Miriam Makeba: The Early Years (CD) Wrasse WRASS 088, 2002
• The Definitive Collection (CD) UK: Wrasse WRASS 062, 2002
• Her Essential Recordings (2xCD) Manteca MANTDBL502, 2006
• Mama Afrika 1932–2008 (CD) Gallo, 2009

Extended plays

• Makeba – Belafonte (as Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte) (Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM) Germany: RCA Victor EPA 9035, 1961
• The Click Song (Vinyl, 7", EP) France: London RE 10.145, 1963
• Chants d'Afrique (Vinyl, 7") France: RCA Victor 86.374, 1964

Singles

• "Duze" (1956) (10-inch shellac 78 rpm mono Gallotone GB.2062)
• "Pass Office Special" (1957) (10-inch shellac 78 rpm mono Gallotone GB.2134)
• "The Click Song" / "Mbube" (1963) (7-inch vinyl London HL 9747)
• "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965) (7-inch vinyl Kenya: Sonafric SYL 565)
• "Pata Pata" (1967) (7-inch vinyl Reprise 0606) #12 (US)^[1]
• "Malayisha" (1967) (7-inch vinyl Reprise)
• "What is Love" (1968)^[2]
• "Emavungwini" (1968) (7-inch vinyl France, Spain: Reprise)
• "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969) (7-inch vinyl Germany: Reprise RA 0804)
• "Pata Pata" / "Click Song Number 1" (1972) (7-inch vinyl Germany, Netherlands: Reprise REP 14 217)
• "We Got to Make It" / "Promise" (1975) 7-inch vinyl with Instrumentalgruppe German Democratic Republic: AMIGA 4 56 044, 1974, and France: Disques Espérance
• "Pata Pata" / "Malayisha" (1976) (7-inch vinyl Italy: Reprise 14 267, released in France in 1978)
• "Hauteng" / "Talking and Dialoging" (1978) (7-inch vinyl France: Disques Espérance ESP 155027)
• "Comme une symphonie d'amour" (1979) (7-inch vinyl France: Disques Espérance ESP 65.009)
• "Give Me a Reason" / "Africa" (1989) (7-inch vinyl Italy: Philips 875 308-7)
• "Pata Pata 2000" (2000) (CD Putumayo PUTU 919-S)

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=miriam-makeba-p3344/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Miriam Makeba Charts & Awards ]. . 18 November 2010 .
2. Billboard - Mar 16, 1968 - Page 78 Capitol 2132 * MIRIAM MAKEBA-WHAT IS LOVE (Writer: Ragovoy) (Ragmar, BMI)— Composer Jerry Ragovoy comes up wifh a meaningful ballad for today's world problems which is given an exceptional reading by Miss Makeba. Flip: "Ha Po Zamani".