Love Songs (2005)

About this title: 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. 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, most of those with RCA. This collection gathers 14 love songs from his ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hallelujah, I Love Her So [Charles]
2. And I Love You So [McLean]
3. Angelina [Burgie]
4. My Angel (Malaika) [William]
5. Marianne [Eaton]
6. Bess, You Is My Woman [Gershwin/Geshwin/He]
7. Try to Remember [Jones/Schmidt]
8. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York [Gershwin/Gershwin]
9. Summertime Love [Loesser]
10. I Do Adore Her [Burgie]
11. My Love Is a Dewdrop [Spoelstra]
12. Sweetheart From Venezuela [Alexander/Gordon]
13. Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down) [Belafonte/Thomas]
14. In the Name of Love [Levitt/Rankin]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.