Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song

~ Release by Miriam Makeba (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1In the Land of the Zulus (Kwazulu)
2:36
2Pata Pata
producer:
Jerry Ragovoy
arranger:
Jerry Ragovoy
recording of:
Pata Pata (in 1967-05)
writer:
Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) and Jerry Ragovoy
43:03
3Kutheni Sithandwa
2:38
4Makoti
2:34
5Kilimanjaro
recording of:
Kilimanjaro
composer:
Mackay Davashe (until 1960)
2:50
6Thanayi (A.K.A. Nomalungelo)
3:10
7Inkomo Zodwa
2:26
8Hush
2:42
9Teya Teya
3:27
10Jolinkomo
3:21
11Miriam & Spokes Phata Phata
2:37
12Uthando Luyaphela
2:28
13Live Humble
recording of:
Live Humble
writer:
Gibson Kente
2:26
14Baby Ntsoare
3:04
15Liwa Wechi
2:51
16Zenizenabo
1:24
17Mas Que Nada
3:18
18Uyadela
2:29
19Mbube (The Lion Cries)
4:59
20My Angel (Malaika)
3:17
2▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Click Song No. 1
2:22
2Amampondo
2:35
3Chicken (Kikirikiki) (A.K.A.Sekusile)
4:26
4Carnival
cover recording of:
Carnival
lyricist:
Antônio Maria
composer:
Luiz Bonfá
translator:
Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and George David Weiss
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc., Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Éditions Meridian and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
translated version of:
Manhã de Carnaval
2:24
5Umqokozo
2:11
6Sophiatown Is Gone
2:44
7Intandane
2:29
8Orlando
2:48
9Love Tastes Like Strawberries
3:26
10Ngola Kurila
3:10
11Ntyilo Ntyilo
2:31
12Isangoma (Witch Doctor)
4:02
13Mitshakasi
2:16
14Tula Ndivile
3:11
15Samba
engineer:
Gilbert Préneron and Stanley Todd
producer:
C.K. Semenya (South African musician and composer) and Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
Bassalaqua (guitarist, associated with Miriam Makeba)
congas:
Myuto Correa
drums (drum set):
Sticks Hooper
electric bass guitar:
Kent Brinkley
flute and tenor saxophone:
Fred Jackson Jr. (US jazz fusion flautist and saxophonist active in 1970s)
guitar [1st guitar]:
David T. Walker
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Arthur Adams (US blues singer, guitarist & songwriter)
piano:
Joe Sample
horn arranger:
Semenya (South African musician and composer)
strings arranger:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) (in 1974)
recorded at:
Clover Recorders (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Capitol Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Samba
lyricist and composer:
Kemo Kouyaté
publisher:
Editions ESPERANCE
5:05
16Mama Ndiyalila
3:30
17Talking & Dialoging
5:38
18Holilili
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gallo Record Company (in 2008)
2:36
19Miriam's Goodbye to Africa
2:48
20Nagula
1:39