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1960 studio album by Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Released

11 May 1960

Venue

Webster Hall, New York City

Length

34:42 (LP); 35:07 (CD)

Bob Bollard

Miriam Makeba
(1960)

The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba
(1962)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Miriam Makeba is the debut album by Miriam Makeba. It was released in 1960 by RCA Victor.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Retreat Song"	Miriam Makeba	2:34
2.	"Suliram" (Indonesian lullaby)	Charles Carl Carter	2:45
3.	"The Click Song"	Makeba, Khoza, Majola, Mdedle, Mogosti	2:09
4.	"Umhome"	Makeba	1:16
5.	"Olilili"	Silinga	2:31
6.	"Lakutshn, Ilanga"	Mackay Davashe, Glazer	2:07
7.	"Mbube" (with The Chad Mitchell Trio)	Solomon Linda	3:17
8.	"The Naughty Little Flea"	Norman Thomas	3:45
9.	"Where Does It Lead?"	Gwen Davis	2:29
10.	"Nomeva"	Makeba	2:37
11.	"House of the Rising Sun"	Perry Lopez	1:57
12.	"Saduva"	Makeba	2:30
13.	"One More Dance" (with Charles Colman)	Charles Carl Carter	2:40
14.	"Iya Guduza"	Makeba	2:05

Allmusic review
Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
"Recorded a year after the international hit musical King Kong (1959), which provided many black South African musicians with the opportunity to escape apartheid, Makeba's debut album paints a compelling portrait of the artist in exile." Miles Keylock, "Miriam Makeba" in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Universe Publishing, 2005), p. 51.

v t e Miriam Makeba
Studio albums	Miriam Makeba (1960) The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962) The World of Miriam Makeba (1963) The Voice of Africa (1964) Makeba Sings! (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) The Magic of Makeba (1965) The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966) All About Miriam (1966) Pata Pata (1967) Makeba! (1968) Keep Me in Mind (1970) A Promise (1974) Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975) Country Girl (1978) Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979) Sangoma (1988) Welela (1989) Eyes on Tomorrow (1991) Sing Me a Song (1994) Homeland (2000) Reflections (2004)
Compilations	Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (1975) The Queen of African Music (1987) Africa (1991)
Singles	"The House of the Rising Sun" (1960) "The Click Song" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1963) "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965) "Pata Pata" (1967) "Mas que nada" (1967) "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969) "Soweto Blues" (1988) "Brand New Day" "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
People	Bongi Makeba (daughter) Hugh Masekela (3rd husband) Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)

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