[78-L] Belafonte/Nat Cole

[Taylor Bowie]

This is another famous one with Nat,  who clearly enjoyed Sammy's parody of 
his singing style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH6t_VtmRl8

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Belafonte/Nat Cole


> On 12/21/2010 12:59 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> In this 1957 clip from the Nat King Cole Show, Harry Belafonte and Cole 
>> duet on "Mama Look a Bubu" - check out the brief spot after the song with 
>> Harry playing drums. He references Stan Freberg's lampoon of "Banana 
>> Boat" by quitting and telling Cole his piano playing was "too piercing." 
>> Priceless.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vgaCNY-aI
>>
>> Cary Ginell
> This is wonderful -- it is great when the subject of a parody loves the
> parody.  The two of then work together beautifully, playing off of each
> other's expressions, and Harry was pretty good on the drums.  Of course
> Harry started out imitating Cole's style -- a few of those sides ended
> up on some of the cheapie LPs like Guest Star, I think.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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