Calypso (album)
1956 studio album by Harry Belafonte / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Calypso is the third studio album by recording artist Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM-1248) in 1956. The album became his second consecutive number-one album on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, where it peaked for 31 weeks. Calypso was the first Long Play record album to sell over one million copies.
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Released | May 1956[1] | |||
Recorded | August 18, October 20, November 9, 1955 | |||
Studio | Webster Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Mento, calypso | |||
Length | 31:23 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Ed Welker, Herman Diaz Jr., Henri René | |||
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In 2015 Calypso was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[2]
In 2018, Calypso was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."[3]