Belafonte Folk Singers

The Belafonte Folk Singers

The Belafonte Folk Singers was not a choir, it was about twelve soloists forming a group. This group of singers and musicians conducted by Robert DeCormier was founded in 1957 to follow Harry Belafonte along the tours. They were very successful and talented and they made three records on their own. They can also be heard on a number of other recordings with Harry Belafonte. Some of the members formed later part of:
DeCormier Singers
Phoenix Singers and
Seafarers Chorus

The members varied a little bit, but I have found the following to have been participating over the years: Names in italic has a short biography. Earl Baker, Kenneth Bates, Harry Bessinger, Laurence Bogue, Ray Boguslav, Charles Coleman, Tim Conn, Joseph Crawford, Leslie Dorsey, James Eby, Jack Eddleman, Ken Emery, Cortez Franklin, Andrew Frierson, Scott Gibson, Joli Gonsalves, George Goodman, Milton Grayson, Bob Harter, Tom Head, Robert Henson, James Herald, Noah Hopkins, Garrett Morris, John Nielsen, Milt Okun, Richard Pindle, Walter Raim, Earl Rogers, Glenn Rowen, Charles H. Scott Jr., Sherman Sneed, Arman Stephanian, Billy Stewart, Millard Thomas, Roy Thompson, Paul Westbrook, John Wheeler, Arthur Williams and Ned Wright

1958 Oct	Presenting The Belafonte Folk Singers	LPM1760 LSP1760 CPS169

1959 March	Cheers - Drinking Songs Around The World	LPM1992 LSP1992

1961	At Home And Abroad	LPM2309 LSP2309

1961	At Home and Abroad	3AE3446 45 rpm

Some other albums on which they perform:
1960	My Lord What A Mornin'	LSP2022

1960	Swing Dat Hammer	LPM2194

1960	Miriam Makeba	LSP2267

1960	Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall	LSO6007

1963	The World Of Miriam Makeba	LSP2750

1965	An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba	LSP3420

Albums by some of the members:
195.	The Millard Thomas Group	LSP1551

1960	Seafarers Chorus	EKS7182

Albums with Ray Boguslav HERE

1964	The Bob Harter Songbag	LST7330

Albums with Walter Raim HERE

1964	Roy Thompson - Ambassador	RLP-8029