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Persons in alphabetical order by last name L |
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| Bernard Lafayette | |
| Composer of: "The Dog Song" | |
| Jean LaGuerre | |
| Vocals 1969 at O'Keefe Center. | |
| Martin Lake | |
| Cello on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Pretty As A Rainbow" | |
| Denny Laloutte | |
| Bass guitar on "Paradise In Gazankulu" | |
| Art Lambert | |
| Vocals on "Kalenda Rock" | |
| Don Lamond | |
| Donald Douglas Lamond. Born August 18, 1920. has played with Woody Herman and Benny Goodman. Drums. Appears on LSP2449. | |
| Kinny Landrum | |
| Keyboard on CB86045 and on the 1977 European Tour | |
| Gene Lanham | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home" | |
| Mel Larned | |
| Vocals on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Pretty As A Rainbow" | |
| Isidor Lateiner | |
| Violin on "Fifteen", "How Green Was My Valley #2", "I'm Going Away", "The Lord is My Shepherd", | |
| Eloise Laws | |
| Vocalist on APL10094 | |
| Leo Leandros | |
| Leandros Papathanasiou, was born in 1926 in Astakos, Greece. He left in the 1950s for Germany to pursue a career in singing and composing. Among his recordings during that period he recorded Day O with German lyrics. Leandros composed and produced for many other artists such as Julio Iglesias, Demis Roussos, Nana Mouskouri, among others. His compositions are very lyrical with very interesting arrangements. He has composed some of the most beautiful melodies of Western popular repertoire, combining Greek Eptanesian sound with a European one. His albums have sold over 120 million worldwide | |
| Auchee Lee | |
| Percussion on LSP2574, LSP3420, LSP3779 and with Miriam Makeba on LSP2845. | |
| Bill (William) Lee | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home". Also with Odetta on VSD2057. | |
| Clifford Leeman | |
| Drums on "Kalenda Rock" | |
| Michel Legrand | |
| Composer of: "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" | |
| Bernhard Leighton | |
| Piano on: "Man Piaba", "Mo Mary", | |
| Tsidii Le Loka | |
| Vocals on the 1993 European Tour. In "The Lion King" played on Broadway, Rafiki is played by Tsidii Le Loka. | |
| Jack Lesberg | |
| Bass on "Gomen Nasai", "Kukla-Mu", "Man Piaba", "Mo Mary", "Springfield Mountain", "Suzanne #1", "Venezuela #2" | |
| Evelyn Levine | |
| Composer of "Simple, Simple" | |
| Robert Levine | |
| Violine on "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma #1", "Eden Was Just Like This", "Hava Nageela #1", "Mary's Boy Child", "Merci Bon Dieu", "Once Was", "When The Saints Go Marching In" | |
| Ross Levinson | |
| Violin on CB85254 | |
| Herbert Levy | |
| Flute on "Day-O #1", "Jack-Ass Song", "Star-O", Whistle on "Hosanna", "Will his love be like his rum" | |
| Joseph Lewis | |
| Producer of "John Henry #1", "Lord
Randall", "Mark Twain", "Next
Big River", "Suzanne #2", "Tol'
My Captain", "Unchained Melody" Vocals on "Day-O #1", "Hosanna", "Jack-Ass Song", "Star-O", "Will His Love Be Like His Rum" |
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| Joe Tinker Lewis | |
| Composer of: "Boy", | |
| Yvonne Lewis | |
| Vocals. Appears on "Turn the World Around" | |
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Gordon Lightfoot (1938-) |
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| Born in Orillia, Ontario, on November 17, 1938. Gordon Lightfoot is a well known Canadian composer and singer. Belafonte has recorded the following songs by Gordon Lightfoot: The Hands I Love (Song For A Winter's Night), Oh Linda, "The Last Time I Saw Her Face", "Softly", "You Still Be Needing Me" My discography and links about Gordon can be found HERE. | |
| Edwin Lindstroem | |
| Vocals on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Kukla-Mu", "Matilda #1", "Pretty As A Rainbow", "Venezuela #2" | |
| Donald Lipsey | |
| Trumpet on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Pretty As A Rainbow" | |
| Ivor Lloyd | |
| Trumpet on "The Blues is Man 1", "The Blues is Man 2" | |
| Milton Lomas | |
| Violin on "Gomen Nasai", "Springfiled Mountain", "Suzanne #1" | |
| Will Lorin | |
| Orchestra leader. Appears with Harry Belafonte on LPM1402 and on "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma #1", "Hava Nageela", "Jamaica Farewell", "The Blues is Man 1", "The Blues is Man 2", "Eden Was Just Like This", "Merci Bon Dieu", "Once Was", "When The Saints Go Marching In" | |
| Keith Loving | |
| Guitar on the 1977 European Tour. Plays guitar for Gregory Hines. | |
| Mundell Lowe | |
| Guitar on "Jerry", "Man Smart #1 & #2", "Scarlet Ribbons #1", "Shenandoah #1", | |
| Romero Lubambo |
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| Guitar on the 1993 European Tour | |
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Norman Luboff (1917-1987) |
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| Born May 14, 1917
in Chicago, died September 22, 1987 Created the Norman Luboff Choir which appears with Harry Belafonte on LPM1150 and LPM1248. Composer/arranger of: "In That Great Gettin' Up Morning", "Jump Down Spin Around", "Noah", See also my discography of The Norman Luboff Choir . |
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| William Luce | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. Also sang with Roger Wagner Chorale and Robert Shaw. | |
| Ronald Lyders | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. | |
| Kelly Lynch | |
| Performs in the movie "White Man's Burden" | |
| Gloria Lynne | |
| Performs on the album "The Long Road To Freedom" | |