Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall

Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall is a live double album by Harry Belafonte. It is the second of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded May 2, 1960. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Pop albums charts.

Belafonte shares the stage in this live recording with The Belafonte Folk Singers, Odetta, The Chad Mitchell Trio and Miriam Makeba.

Track listing

 * 1) "Jump Down Spin Around" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:14
 * 2) "Suzanne" - Harry Belafonte - 5:50
 * 3) "A Little Lyric of Great Importance" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 1:29
 * 4) "Chickens" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:10
 * 5) "Vaichazkem" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 1:34
 * 6) "I Do Adore Her" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:18
 * 7) "The Ballad of Sigmund Freud" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:28
 * 8) "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain/Water Boy" - Odetta - 6:54
 * 9) "A Hole in the Bucket" - Harry Belafonte and Odetta - 5:19
 * 10) "The Click Song" - Miriam Makeba and The Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
 * 11) "One More Dance" - Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba - 3:43
 * 12) "The Ox Drivers" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:59
 * 13) "The Red Rosy Bush" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:51
 * 14) "Didn't It Rain" - Belafonte Folk Singers - 5:27
 * 15) "Hene Ma Tov" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:46
 * 16) "I Know Where I'm Going" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:27
 * 17) "Old King Cole" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 4:59
 * 18) "La Bamba" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 8:04

The RCA Victor compact disc reissue (09026-62690-2) of this album contains alternate performances of the songs "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Hené Ma Tov", "I Know Where I'm Going" and "La Bamba".

Personnel

 * Harry Belafonte – vocals
 * The Belafonte Folk Singers – vocals
 * Chad Mitchell Trio – vocals
 * Odetta – vocals
 * Miriam Makeba – vocals
 * Danny Barrajanos – bongos, conga
 * Ernie Calabria – guitar
 * Walter Raim – guitar
 * Millard Thomas – guitar
 * Robert De Cormier – conductor
 * Milton Okun – conductor

Production notes

 * Bob Bollard – producer, liner notes
 * John Pfeiffer – reissue producer
 * Bob Simpson – engineer
 * Digital Remastering by Nate Johnson and Thomas MacCluskey
 * Photography by Roy DeCarava, Peter Perri and Jay Maisel