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The song's profile was boosted via its recording by Harry Belafonte first on his 1958 album Belafonte Sings the Blues, with a live version appearing on the 1959 concert album Belafonte at Carnegie Hall. Belafonte had learned "Cotton Fields" from Odetta and been singing it in concert as early as 1955.
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall is a live double album by Harry Belafonte issued by RCA Victor. [5] It is the first of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded on April 19 and April 20, 1959. The concerts were benefits for The New Lincoln School and Wiltwyck School, respectively. [ 6 ]
"Pick a Bale of Cotton" (Roud 10061, sometimes "Pick a Bale o' Cotton") is a traditional American folk song and work song first recorded by Texas inmates James "Iron Head" Baker (1933) [1] and Mose "Clear Rock" Platt (1939) [2] and later popularized by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter).
Harry Belafonte (/ ˌ b ɛ l ə ˈ f ɒ n t i / BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The first track "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" largely contributed to the success of the album and has long been Belafonte's signature song, the single reaching number five on Billboard's Pop chart. "Star-O", the sixth track on the album (and B side of the "Day-O" single), is essentially a shorter reprise of "Day-O", with slightly different lyrics.
He composed 34 songs for Harry Belafonte, including eight of the 11 songs on the Belafonte album Calypso (1956), the first album of any kind to sell one million copies. [3] Burgie also wrote the lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados. [4] To date, songs penned by Irving Burgie have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. [citation needed]
Ballads, Blues and Boasters is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1964. [2] Track listing "Tone the Bell Easy" – 3:20