Name: Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte
Brand: Legacy
SKU: 24162012
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Album: Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
2)	Mama Look a Boo Boo
3)	Jamaica Farewell
4)	My Angel (Malaika)
5)	Try To Remember [From the Fantasticks]
6)	Island In the Sun
7)	Matilda
8)	Jump In the Line
9)	Hole In the Bucket, A
10)	Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
11)	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
12)	Cocoanut Woman
13)	Shenandoah
14)	Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Album: Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
2)	Mama Look a Boo Boo
3)	Jamaica Farewell
4)	My Angel (Malaika)
5)	Try To Remember [From the Fantasticks]
6)	Island In the Sun
7)	Matilda
8)	Jump In the Line
9)	Hole In the Bucket, A
10)	Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
11)	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
12)	Cocoanut Woman
13)	Shenandoah
14)	Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Carl MaultsBy.
Photographer: Bob Jones .
Harry Belafonte's influence on pop music is much more far-reaching then many realize, as he was one of the first performers to bring worldbeat rhythms to the U.S. charts in the postwar era. Born in Harlem, but spending a good part of his childhood in his mother's native Jamaica, Belafonte grew up straddling cultures and musical styles, and bridging perceived differences became his calling card as an entertainer. His silky-smooth mixture of jazz, folk, pop, and art song, often with impossibly infectious West Indies-styled accompaniment, coupled with his charismatic good looks and easy, hip coolness and sharp racial and political sense meant he was never reduced to being a mere commodity, even though he spent his whole career on major labels. This set includes some of his most enduring songs, including "Jamaica Farewell," "Island in the Sun," "Jump in the Line," and his signature "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)," and it's a pleasant listen, although one wishes the version here of "Day-O" was the original and not a live version. ~ Steve Leggett