Ballads, Blues and Boasters

Ballads, Blues and Boasters
Studio album by Harry Belafonte
Released 1964
Recorded RCA Victor Studio A, New York City
Genre Vocal, folk
Label RCA
Producer Bob Bollard, Priscilla Eaves
Harry Belafonte chronology
Belafonte at The Greek Theatre
(1964)		 Ballads, Blues and Boasters
(1964)		 An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
(1965)
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Allmusic [1]

Ballads, Blues and Boasters is an album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1964.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tone the Bell Easy" – 3:20
  2. "Blue Willow Moan" (Bill Eaton) – 3:35
  3. "Ananias" – 2:50
  4. "Boy" (G. Tipton, Joe Tinker Lewis) – 3:49
  5. "My Love Is a Dewdrop" (Mark Spoelstra) – 3:25
  6. "Back of the Bus" – 3:25
  7. "Pastures of Plenty" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:38
  8. "John the Revelator" (Traditional, Carver Neblett) – 3:41
  9. "Four Strong Winds" (Ian Tyson) – 2:54
  10. "Black Betty" (Traditional, Kaye Dunham) – 4:14
  11. "Big Boat Up the River" – 4:06

Personnel

Production notes:

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1964 The Billboard 200 103

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Allmusic entry for Ballads, Blues and Boasters Retrieved October 2009.

External links

Harry Belafonte
Studio albums
Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954)  • Belafonte (1956)  • Calypso (1956)  • An Evening with Belafonte (1957)  • Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)  • To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958)  • Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)  • Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959)  • My Lord What a Mornin' (1959)  • Swing Dat Hammer (1960)  • Jump Up Calypso (1961)  • Midnight Special (1962)  • The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962)  • Streets I Have Walked (1963)  • Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964)  • In My Quiet Room (1966)  • Calypso in Brass (1966)  • Belafonte on Campus (1967)  • Belafonte Sings of Love (1968)  • Homeward Bound (1970)  • Belafonte by Request (1970)  • The Warm Touch (1971)  • Calypso Carnival (1971)  • Play Me (1973)  • Turn the World Around (1977)  • Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981)  • Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
Live albums
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959)  • Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960)  • Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964)  • En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)  • Belafonte...Live! (1972)  • Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974)  • Belafonte '89 (1989)  • An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Compilations
Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001)  • The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001)  • The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
Collaborations
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