Miriam Makeba (album)

1960 studio album by Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Studio album by

Miriam Makeba

Released| 11 May 1960
Venue| Webster Hall, New York City
Genre| World music, African music
Length| 34:42 (LP); 35:07 (CD)
Label| RCA Victor (U.S.) Gallo Africa
Producer| Bob Bollard
Miriam Makeba chronology
|  | Miriam Makeba
(1960)  | The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba
(1962)

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Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]

Miriam Makeba is the debut album by Miriam Makeba.[3] It was released in 1960 by RCA Victor.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Retreat Song"| Miriam Makeba| 2:34
2.| "Suliram" (Indonesian lullaby)| Charles Carl Carter| 2:45
3.| "The Click Song"| Makeba, Khoza, Majola, Mdedle, Mogosti| 2:09
4.| "Umhome"| Makeba| 1:16
5.| "Olilili"| Silinga| 2:31
6.| "Lakutshn, Ilanga"| Mackay Davashe, Glazer| 2:07
7.| "Mbube" (with The Chad Mitchell Trio)| Solomon Linda| 3:17
8.| "The Naughty Little Flea"| Norman Thomas| 3:45
9.| "Where Does It Lead?"| Gwen Davis| 2:29
10.| "Nomeva"| Makeba| 2:37
11.| "House of the Rising Sun"| Perry Lopez| 1:57
12.| "Saduva"| Makeba| 2:30
13.| "One More Dance" (with Charles Colman)| Charles Carl Carter| 2:40
14.| "Iya Guduza"| Makeba| 2:05

## Personnel

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* Miriam Makeba – vocals
* Perry Lopez – guitar
* The Belafonte Folk Singers conducted by Milt Okun

## Notes

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
3. ^ "Recorded a year after the international hit musical King Kong (1959), which provided many black South African musicians with the opportunity to escape apartheid, Makeba's debut album paints a compelling portrait of the artist in exile." Miles Keylock, "Miriam Makeba" in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Universe Publishing, 2005), p. 51.

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Miriam Makeba

Studio albums|

* Miriam Makeba (1960)
* The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962)
* The World of Miriam Makeba (1963)
* The Voice of Africa (1964)
* Makeba Sings! (1965)
* An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965)
* The Magic of Makeba (1965)
* The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966)
* All About Miriam (1966)
* Pata Pata (1967)
* Makeba! (1968)
* Keep Me in Mind (1970)
* A Promise (1974)
* Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975)
* Country Girl (1978)
* Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979)
* Sangoma (1988)
* Welela (1989)
* Eyes on Tomorrow (1991)
* Sing Me a Song (1994)
* Homeland (2000)
* Reflections (2004)

Compilations|

* Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (1975)
* The Queen of African Music (1987)
* Africa (1991)

Singles|

* "The House of the Rising Sun" (1960)
* "The Click Song" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1963)
* "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965)
* "Pata Pata" (1967)
* "Mas que Nada" (1967)
* "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969)
* "Soweto Blues" (1988)
* "Brand New Day"
* "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"

People|

* Bongi Makeba (daughter)
* Hugh Masekela (3rd husband)
* Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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