On November 9, 2008, Zenzile Miriam Makeba died aged 76. She was singer, songwriter, actress, civil rights activist, and United Nations goodwill ambassador, nicknamed Mama Africa. She was the first African woman to win a “Grammy Award” (for “Best Folk Recording” in 1966 with Harry Belafonte for “An Evening with Belafonte and Makeba”). Makeba popularized African music among Western audience. Few of her popular songs were critical of apartheid, making her a symbol of opposition to the apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Upon her death, former Nelson Mandela said “her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us.”
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The Kingston Trio: Time To Think
In December 1963, “Capitol” label released “Time to Think”, the 17th Kingston Trio album. It was recorded in 1963 in San Francisco, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
- Bob Shane– vocals, guitar
- Nick Reynolds– vocals, tenor guitar
- John Stewart– vocals, banjo, guitar
- Dean Reilly – bass
- John Staubard – guitar
Track listing:
- Patriot Game – Dominic Behan
- Coal Tattoo – Billy Edd Wheeler
- Hobo’s Lullaby – Goebel Reeves
- Seasons in the Sun – Rod McKuen, Jacques Brel
- These Seven Men – John Stewart
- Ally Ally Oxen Free – Rod McKuen, Sammy Yates
- Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
- No One to Talk My Troubles To – Dick Weissman
- If You Don t Look Around – John Stewart
- Turn Around – Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene, Nick Reynolds
- Song for a Friend – John Stewart
- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Ed McCurdy
The Kingston Trio: Time to Think
In December 1963, “Capitol” label released “Time to Think”, the seventeenth Kingston Trio album. It was recorded in 1963, in San Francisco, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
- Bob Shane– vocals, guitar
- Nick Reynolds– vocals, tenor guitar
- John Stewart– vocals, banjo, guitar
- John Staubard – guitar
- Dean Reilly – bass
Track listing:
- Patriot Game – Dominic Behan
- Coal Tattoo – Billy Edd Wheeler
- Hobo’s Lullaby – Goebel Reeves
- Seasons in the Sun – Rod McKuen, Jacques Brel
- These Seven Men -John Stewart
- Ally Ally Oxen Free – McKuen, Sammy Yates
- Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
- No One to Talk My Troubles To – Dick Weissman
- If You Don t Look Around – John Stewart
- Turn Around – Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene, Nick Reynolds
- Song for a Friend – John Stewart
- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Ed McCurdy
We Are the World
On January 28, 1985, the song “We Are the World” was recorded in the “A&M” studios in LA. The USA response to the UK Band Aid’s “Do they know it’s Christmas” was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. The single was released on March 7, 1985 on “Columbia” label and sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
The following singers, musicians and celebrities took part in the song:
- Lionel Richie
- Stevie Wonder
- Paul Simon
- Kenny Rogers
- James Ingram
- Tina Turner
- Billy Joel
- Michael Jackson
- Diana Ross
- Dionne Warwick
- Willie Nelson
- Al Jarreau
- Bruce Springsteen
- Kenny Loggins
- Steve Perry
- Daryl Hall
- Huey Lewis
- Cyndi Lauper
- Kim Carnes
- Bob Dylan
- Ray Charles
- Dan Aykroyd
- Harry Belafonte
- Lindsey Buckingham
- Mario Cipollina
- Johnny Colla
- Sheila E.
- Bob Geldof
- David Paich
- Michael Boddicker
- Paulinho da Costa
- Louis Johnson
- Michael Omartian
- Greg Phillinganes
- John Robinson
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