Millard Thomas |
guitar, guitars |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Cocoanut Woman, Crawdad Song, Danny Boy, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Did You Hear About Jerry?, Eden Was Just Like This, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Gotta Travel On, Haiti Cherie, Hold 'em Joe, How Green Was My Valley, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Lead Man Holler, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Mary’s Boy Child, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Monkey, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey, Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair), Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Norman Keenan |
bass, double bass |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Cocoanut Woman, Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Gotta Travel On, Haiti Cherie, How Green Was My Valley, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Lead Man Holler, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Monkey, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Daniel Barrajanos |
congas, drums |
Cocoanut Woman, Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Haiti Cherie, How Green Was My Valley, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) |
engineer |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, In the Small Boat (Mes tin varka), Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, My Moon (Fengeri moo), On Top of Old Smokey, The Wide Sea (Thalassa platia), Walking on the Moon (Pame mia volta) |
Ralph Hunter |
chorus master, conductor |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Monkey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Trinidad Steel Drum Band |
performer |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Monkey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Bob Sirapson |
engineer |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Monkey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Joe Wilder |
trumpet |
Cocoanut Woman, Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Ernest Calabria |
cuatro, guitar |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Monkey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Bob Bollard |
producer |
Angelina, Bally Mena, Gloria, Go Down Emanuel Road, Goin’ Down Jordan, Jump in the Line, Kingston Market, Land of the Sea and Sun, Monkey, Sweetheart From Venezuela, The Baby Boy, These Are the Times |
Percy Brice |
drums |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Hugo Montenegro |
producer |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Robert De Cormier |
arranger, conductor |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Hene Ma Tov, How Green Was My Valley, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler, Silent Night, The Twelve Days of Christmas |
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) |
arranger, conductor |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Jerome Richardson |
saxophone |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Ernie Calabria |
guitar |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Don Lamond |
drums |
Crawdad Song, Did You Hear About Jerry?, Gotta Travel On, Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad, Memphis Tennessee, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Midnight Special, Muleskinner, On Top of Old Smokey |
Monte Kay |
producer |
Close Your Eyes, Deep as the River, Farewell to Arms, How Green Was My Valley, I Still Get a Thrill, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, They Didn't Believe Me, Whispering |
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra |
performing orchestra |
Close Your Eyes, Farewell to Arms, How Green Was My Valley, I Still Get a Thrill, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, They Didn't Believe Me, Whispering |
Frantz Casséus |
guitar |
Cocoanut Woman, Danny Boy, Eden Was Just Like This, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell, Mary’s Boy Child |
Howard A. Roberts (choral vocals in Harry Belafonte recordings, founded the Howard Roberts Chorale) |
conductor, vocal, vocal arranger |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, In the Small Boat (Mes tin varka), Island in the Sun, My Moon (Fengeri moo), The Wide Sea (Thalassa platia), Walking on the Moon (Pame mia volta) |
Fred Norman |
arranger |
Annabelle Lee, Only One Like Me, Simple, Simple, Simple, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Venezuela |
Jack Rollins |
producer |
Annabelle Lee, Only One Like Me, Simple, Simple, Simple, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Venezuela |
Victor Messer |
guitar |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, How Green Was My Valley, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler |
Lord Burgess |
vocal, guitar |
Cocoanut Woman, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell |
Nana Mouskouri |
performer |
Irene (feat. Nana Mouskouri) |
Harold M. Jones (50s US flautist) |
flute |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, How Green Was My Valley, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler |
The Belafonte Singers |
vocal |
Annabelle Lee, Only One Like Me, Simple, Simple, Simple, Venezuela, Wake Up Jacob |
Edward O. Welker |
producer |
Cocoanut Woman, Danny Boy, How Green Was My Valley, Jamaica Farewell, Lead Man Holler |
Billy Stewart (choral vocals in Harry Belafonte recordings) |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler |
Broc Peters |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Joe Carlton |
producer |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Hold 'em Joe, Island in the Sun |
Charles Colman |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
John Nielsen |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun, Lead Man Holler |
Andy Wiswell |
producer |
In the Small Boat (Mes tin varka), My Moon (Fengeri moo), The Wide Sea (Thalassa platia), Walking on the Moon (Pame mia volta) |
Herbert Stubbs |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Marvin Hayes, Jr. |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Leon Bibb |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Samuel R. McCurry |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Roy Thompson |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Gilbert E. Adkins |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Rodester Timmons |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
James N. DeMeo |
flute |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Stephen Harbachick |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Joe Venuto |
marimba |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Irving D. Barnes |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Henri René |
producer |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child, Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Joe N. Kenyon |
vocal |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Noah Rodriguez |
bongos |
Cocoanut Woman, Haiti Cherie, Island in the Sun |
Julius Schacter |
viola, violin |
Hold 'em Joe, How Green Was My Valley |
Ennio Bolognini |
cello |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Robert Haring |
percussion |
How Green Was My Valley, Lead Man Holler |
Arnold Manchester |
percussion |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Joseph Reilich |
viola |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Attilo DePalma |
French horn |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Si Zentner |
trombone |
Eden Was Just Like This, Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Victor Garber (50s US saxophonist) |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Will Lorin |
conductor |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Sherman Sneed |
vocal |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Lead Man Holler |
Jimmy Raney |
guitar |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist) |
conductor |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Tommy Potter |
double bass |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
Milt Okun |
arranger |
Silent Night, The Twelve Days of Christmas |
Brew Moore |
tenor saxophone |
Lean on Me, Recognition |
George Guadagno |
drums |
How Green Was My Valley, Lead Man Holler |
Al Haig |
piano |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
Jerome G. Kasin |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Gustave Rosseels |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Hal Hidey |
piano |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Dennis Farnon |
producer |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Mike Rubin (50s US bassist) |
bass |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Antonio Villa |
bass clarinet, clarinet |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Wilbur Schwartz |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Israel Baker |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Marjorie Call |
harp |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Louis Singer (percussionist) |
percussion |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) |
tenor saxophone |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
Howard McGhee and His Orchestra |
performing orchestra |
Lean on Me, Recognition |
Howard McGhee |
trumpet |
Lean on Me, Recognition |
Robert Levine |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This, Mary’s Boy Child |
C.C. Carter |
arranger |
Silent Night, The Twelve Days of Christmas |
Maurice Wilk |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Herman Berardinelli |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Herbert Stewart |
saxophone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Herbert Sorkin |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Herbert Levy |
flute |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Henry Ross |
performer |
Hold 'em Joe |
Hugo Winterhalter |
conductor |
Hold 'em Joe |
Irv Kluger |
drums |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Harry “Sweets” Edison |
trumpet |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Isidor Lateiner |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Harry Smyles |
oboe |
How Green Was My Valley |
J. Hamilton Grandison |
vocal |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Jack Brown (50s US soul vocalist) |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Jack Eddleman |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Harry Melnikoff |
violin |
Hold 'em Joe |
Harry Klee |
saxophone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Harry Glickman |
violin |
Hold 'em Joe |
Jasha Herzog |
violin |
Hold 'em Joe |
Gloria Wynder |
vocal |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
George Goodman |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) |
guitar |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Jimmy Giuffre |
saxophone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
George Devens |
marimba |
Cocoanut Woman |
Frank Guerrero |
timbales |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Felix Orlewitz |
violin |
Hold 'em Joe |
Felix Buldrini |
violin |
Hold 'em Joe |
Falumi Prince |
vocal |
(There's a) Hole in the Bucket |
Eugene Wright |
double bass |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
John DiJanni |
viola |
Hold 'em Joe |
John F. Williams Jr. (50s US soul/jazz pianist) |
piano |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
John Gonsalves |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
John Haliburton |
trombone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Eugene Mark |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
John White (50s US vocalist) |
vocal |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Johnny Marks (American songwriter) |
arranger |
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
Joseph Crawford (50s US vocalist) |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Joseph Lewis |
vocal |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Eugene Bianco |
harp |
How Green Was My Valley |
Joseph Triscari |
trumpet |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player) |
saxophone |
Mary’s Boy Child |
Elvira Woloschuk |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Kelly Martin |
drums |
Jamaica Farewell |
Ken Emery |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Lena Horne |
vocal |
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
Edwin Lindstroem |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Edwin Brown |
oboe |
Hold 'em Joe |
Lou McGarity |
trombone |
Hold 'em Joe |
Ed Kusby |
trombone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Luverne Tuttle |
cello |
How Green Was My Valley |
Mario Castillo |
congas |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Earl Rogers |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Marshall Sosson |
violin |
Mary’s Boy Child |
Martin Lake |
cello |
Hold 'em Joe |
Donald Lipsey |
trumpet |
Hold 'em Joe |
Marvin Morgenstein |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Maurice Bialkin |
cello |
Hold 'em Joe |
Herman Diaz, Jr. |
producer |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Maynard Ferguson |
trumpet |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Mel Larned |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Michael Spivakowsky |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Dick DeMaio |
trombone |
Eden Was Just Like This |
David Klein |
performer |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Milt Hinton |
double bass |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Dale McMickle |
trumpet |
Hold 'em Joe |
Modesto Doran Martinez |
congas |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Dale Isenhuth |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Murray Kane |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Myron Sandler |
violin |
Mary’s Boy Child |
Nathan Foodman |
drums |
Hold 'em Joe |
Ned Wright |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Conte Candoli |
trumpet |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Clifford Heather |
trombone |
Hold 'em Joe |
Osie Johnson |
drums |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Paige Brook (flautist) |
flute |
Cocoanut Woman |
Paul McLarand |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Paul Westbrook |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
Charlie Margulis |
trumpet |
Hold 'em Joe |
Pete Rugolo |
conductor |
Deep as the River |
Charles Williams (US jazz/R&B pianist) |
piano |
How Green Was My Valley |
Phil Ramone |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Charles Russo (Clarinet player) |
clarinet |
How Green Was My Valley |
Ray Alonge (french horn) |
French horn |
How Green Was My Valley |
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Charles McCracken |
cello |
How Green Was My Valley |
Carlos Vidal |
bongos |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Buster Davis |
piano |
Hold 'em Joe |
Buddy Collette |
saxophone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Buddy Childers |
trumpet |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Sal Franzella |
saxophone |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Bud Shank |
saxophone |
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) |
Bob Dylan |
harmonica |
Midnight Special |
Bernard Ocko |
violin |
How Green Was My Valley |
Sidney Brecher |
viola |
Hold 'em Joe |
Sol Kindler |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Arnold Fishkind |
double bass |
Hold 'em Joe |
Sylvia Deutscher |
bassoon |
How Green Was My Valley |
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) |
saxophone |
Mary’s Boy Child |
Arman Stephanian |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |
The Muppets |
performer |
Day O (feat. The Muppets) |
Thomas Parshley |
flute |
Hold 'em Joe |
Alfred Brown (viola) |
viola |
How Green Was My Valley |
Alexander Fishman |
viola |
How Green Was My Valley |
Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus |
performing orchestra |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Alexander Cambrelen |
congas |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Uan Rasey |
trumpet |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Albert Saparoff |
violin |
Eden Was Just Like This |
Alan Sokoloff |
vocal |
Hold 'em Joe |
Wally Fernez |
congas |
Mary’s Boy Child |
Al Hall |
double bass |
Jamaica Farewell |
William Rodriguez |
drums |
Hold 'em Joe |
James Eby |
vocal |
Lead Man Holler |