Artist: Harry Belafonte

Performances
Songs Credited
- Original Songs
Media
Forum topics

Born:	March 1, 1927
Country:	United States
Member of:	USA for Africa

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Date	Covered by
1	Banana Boat (Day-O)	Harry Belafonte	1956	(2 artists)
2	Come Away Melinda	Harry Belafonte	1963	(5 artists)
3	Come Back Liza	Harry Belafonte	1956	Nina & Frederik
4	Jamaica Farewell	Harry Belafonte	1956	(7 artists)
5	Mary's Boy Child	Harry Belafonte	1956	(13 artists)
6	Turn Around	Harry Belafonte	1959	(8 artists)

Covers

	Title	Performer	Date	First release by
1	Abraham, Martin and John	Harry Belafonte	1970	Dion
2	A Fool for You	Harry Belafonte	1958	Ray Charles and His Band
3	And I Love You So	Harry Belafonte	1973	Don McLean
4	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing	Harry Belafonte	1959
5	Bess, oh Where's My Bess?	Harry Belafonte	1959
6	Bess, You is my Woman	Lena Horne/Harry Belafonte	1959
7	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	Harry Belafonte	1968	Johnny Rivers
8	Cotton Fields	Harry Belafonte	1958
9	Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma	Harry Belafonte	1957
10	Danny Boy	Harry Belafonte	1957
11	Empty Chairs	Harry Belafonte	1973	Don McLean
12	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Harry Belafonte	1958	Ray Charles
13	If I Were a Carpenter	Harry Belafonte	1969	Tim Hardin
14	John Henry	Harry Belafonte	1954
15	Long Long Time	Harry Belafonte	1973	Linda Ronstadt
16	Lord Randall	Harry Belafonte	1954
17	Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad	Harry Belafonte	1962	Group of Negro Prisoners
18	Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	Harry Belafonte	1952	King Radio
19	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Harry Belafonte	1962
20	Midnight Special	Harry Belafonte	1962	Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
21	Mr. Bojangles	Harry Belafonte	1970	Jerry Jeff Walker
22	Mule Skinner	Harry Belafonte	1962	Jimmie Rodgers
23	My Old Man	Harry Belafonte	1973	Jerry Jeff Walker
24	Oh I Got Plenty of Nothin'	Harry Belafonte	1959
25	One for My Baby	Harry Belafonte	1958
26	Play Me	Harry Belafonte	1973	Neil Diamond
27	Scarborough Fair	Harry Belafonte	1970	Martin Carthy, Paul Simon
28	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)	Harry Belafonte	1952	Juanita Hall
29	Shenandoah	Harry Belafonte	1952	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
30	So Close	Harry Belafonte	1973	Jake Holmes
31	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Harry Belafonte	1950
32	There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York	Lena Horne/Harry Belafonte	1959

Other

	Title	Performer	Date
1	Hurry Sundown	Harry Belafonte	1967-02-09

Songs Credited

Original Songs

	Title	Written by
1	Turn Around	Malvina Reynolds, Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene

Media

Audio albums

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	An Evening With Belafonte	Harry Belafonte	1957	RCA Victor
2	Belafonte - By Request	Harry Belafonte	1970	RCA Victor
3	Belafonte Sings the Blues	Harry Belafonte	1958	RCA Victor
4	Calypso	Harry Belafonte	1956	RCA Victor
5	Homeward Bound	Harry Belafonte	1969	RCA Victor
6	Love Is a Gentle Thing	Harry Belafonte	1959	RCA Victor
7	"Mark Twain" and Other Folk Favorites	Harry Belafonte	1954	RCA Victor
8	The Midnight Special	Harry Belafonte	1962	RCA Victor
9	Play Me	Harry Belafonte	1973	RCA Victor
10	Porgy and Bess	Lena Horne/Harry Belafonte	1959	RCA Victor
11	Streets I Have Walked	Harry Belafonte	1963	RCA Victor

Audio singles

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	Banana Boat (Day-O)	Harry Belafonte	1956	RCA Victor
2	Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	Harry Belafonte	1952	RCA Victor
3	Mary's Boy Child	Harry Belafonte	1956	RCA Victor
4	Shenandoah	Harry Belafonte	1952	RCA Victor
5	Sleep Late My Lady Friend	Harry Belafonte	1968	RCA Victor
6	Whispering	Harry Belafonte	1950	Capitol

Performances Also Appear On

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	May Your Song Always Be Sung - The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2	various	2001	BMG Ariola

Forum topics

		Topic	Board	Started by	Replies	Last message
1		Bring Me a Li'l Water Silvy	Add songs	Dave Nebraski	2	2010-02-26 03:16:59 GMT by Dave Nebraski
2		Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte) covered by Kim Gee (The Idols)	Add songs	Patrick	1	2008-11-28 04:40:52 GMT by Patrick

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Modified by Bastien on 2009-12-03
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