[78-L] Belafonte/Nat Cole

[Cary Ginell]

Actually, Harry was more partial to Billy Eckstine, as his Capitol singles from 1949 bear out. He sounded nothing like Cole, that was Ray Charles' bag.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:31:46 -0500
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> 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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