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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 #3 on the Billboard Pop albums charts.

Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
Live album by Harry Belafonte
Released	November 1960
Recorded	May 2, 1960
Length	71:49
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Bollard
Harry Belafonte chronology
My Lord What a Mornin' (1960) Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (1960) Swing Dat Hammer (1960)

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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

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