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Persons in alphabetical order by last name T |
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| Nicholas Tagg | |
| Piano on "Kalenda Rock" | |
| W. Tannenbaum | |
| Saxophone on "Hava Nageela #2", "When The Saints Go Marching In" | |
| Max Tartarsky | |
| Violin on "Kukla-Mu", "Matilda #1", "Venezuela #2" | |
| James Taylor | |
| Composer of: "Circle 'Round The Sun", "Rainy Day Man", "Something In The Way She Moves", | |
| Howard P. Terry | |
| Saxophone on "Hava Nageela #1", "Once Was", | |
| Sonny Terry (1911-1986) |
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| Born Saunders Terrell in Georgia, the blind
harmonica player probably did more than anyone else to advance the art of harp
accompaniment - his harp could produce an astounding variety of sounds. He
worked alone until 1939, when he met guitarist and singer Brownie McGhee and
formed a partnership that would last until the 70s. He recorded with many other
people, including Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie in the famous album of
traditional American songs made for Moses Asch in the 1940s. Performs on the album "The Long Road To Freedom" |
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| Assane Thiam | |
| Percussion on "Paradise In Gazankulu". | |
| Harry Thomas | |
| Composer of: "Hold'em Joe" | |
| Millard Thomas |
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| One of Belafonte's
oldest friends and most loyal associates, he has been with Belafonte as accompanist since
1950, when they first combined in a launching of the Belafonte folk song career. Millard
Thomas plays guitar and accompanies Belafonte on a large number of albums. Has made (as
far as I know) one record on his own, the RCA LSP1551
"Presenting The Millard Thomas Group". Member of The
Belafonte Folk Singers. Can be found on : LSP1022, LPM1248, LPM1887, LPM2194, LSP2388, LSP2449, LSP2574, LSP2626, LSO6006, just to mention a few. Guitar also on "Baby Darlin'", "Come back Liza", "Danny Boy", "Day-O #1", "The Blues is Man 1", "The Blues is Man 2", "Brown Skin Girl", "Cocoanut Woman", "Come O My Love", "Cordelia Brown", "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma #1", "Dolly Dawn", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Eden Was Just Like This", "Fifteen", "Haiti Cherie", "Hava Nageela #1", "Hello Everybody", "Hosanna", "I'm Going Away", "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Island in the Sun", "Jack-Ass Song", "Jamaica Farewell", "Judy Drownded", "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Lead Man Holler", "The Lord is My Shepherd", "Love Love Alone", "Lucy's Door", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Man Piaba", "Mary, Mary", "Melda Massi", "Merci Bon Dieu", "Mo Mary", "Once Was", "Scratch, Scratch", "Star-O", "Sylvie", "Troubles", "Unchained Melody", "Waterboy", When The Saints Go Marching In, "Will His Love Be Like His Rum" |
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| Norman Thomas | |
| Composer of: "The Naughty Little Flea" | |
| Frank Thompson | |
| Costumes. Among his missions was the show 1969 at the O'Keefe Center. | |
| Roy Thompson (Leroy B. Thompson) |
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| Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers , the Phoenix Singers and the Seafarers Chorus. (bass). Born in Jamaica. Roy is
a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the City College of New York and went to Italy on a Buitoni
Music Scholarship. As soloist with The Jubilee Singers, he toured Europe, Asia and North
Africa under U.S. Sponsorship. Broadway audiences have seen him in "To Late the
Phalarope", "Carmen Jones", "Show Boat" and
"Jamaica". Roy has written, arranged and recorded an album called
"Ambassador of Calypso" (Request
RLP8029). In early 1959 he joined the vocal
quartet accompanying Harry Belafonte on his national tour. Vocal chorus on "Angelique-O", "Cordelia Brown", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Haiti Cherie", "Island in the Sun", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Scratch, Scratch", |
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| Steve Thornton |
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| Percussion on CB85254 , "Turn the World Around" and on the 1978 and 1979 tours. Went to work with Miles Davis and other jazz artists. Appears with Letta Mbulu on RCI529. | |
| David Tihmar |
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| Worked with The Belafonte Folk Singers around 1960. | |
| J. Timmons | |
| Contractor on "Jerry #1", "Man Smart #1", "Scarlet Ribbons #2", "Shenandoah #1", | |
| Rodester Timmons | |
| Vocal chorus on "Angelique-O", "Cordelia Brown", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Haiti Cherie", "Island in the Sun", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Scratch, Scratch", | |
| G. Tipton | |
| Composer of: "Boy" | |
| Michael Tobas |
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| Lives in Trinidad. Drums on R4P5054, CB86045 and on the 1976 and 1977 European Tours. | |
| Ara Tokatlian |
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| Comes from Argentina. Woodwinds, Pan Pipe, Trumpet etc Appeared with Harry Belafonte on the 1995 European Tour. Has his own group named "Arco Iris". Some records with Arco Iris: PJCD88037 "Peace pipes", AIRCD002 "Peace Will Save The Rainbow" | |
| Merle Travis (1917-1983) |
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| Kentucky singer/songwriter/guitarist who mixed folk, country, jazz and pop into his masterful guitar playing and songwriting. His thumb-and-finger guitar style, using a damped staccato bass and jazz chords, became known as Travis picking; it was learned from, or at least initiated by, a guitar teacher named Mose Rager, who also taught Ike Everly, father of the Everly Brothers. His songs include "Dark As A Dungeon", "No Vacancy", and "Sixteen Tons"; he also popularized songs such as "Nine Pound Hammer", "John Henry", and "I Am a Pilgrim". | |
| John Travolta | |
| Performs in the movie "White Man's Burden" | |
| Trinidad Steel Band | |
| Appears on LSP2388. | |
| Joseph Triscari | |
| Trumpet on "Eden Was Just Like This", "When The Saints Go Marching In" | |
| Gloria Turner | |
| Vocals on the 1977 and 1978 tours. Also with Letta Mbulu on RCI529 | |
| Luverne Tuttle | |
| Cello on "Fifteen", "How Green Was My Valley #2", "I'm Going Away", "The Lord is My Shepherd", | |
| Dwight Twiddle | |
| Vocals on the album recorded in Germany 1988 | |
| Margaret Tynes | |
| Vocals on "Hosanna", "Jack-Ass Song", "Will His Love Be Like His Rum" | |
| Ian Tyson (1933-) |
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| Composer of: "Four Strong Winds" | |
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Updated:
07-maj-2009 |
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