Swing Dat Hammer
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swing Dat Hammer
| type = Album
| artist = Harry Belafonte
| cover = Swing_Dat_Hammer.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = 1960
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 37:25
| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Bob Bollard
| prev_title = Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Jump Up Calypso
| next_year = 1961
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score ={{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id= r24509/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| noprose=yes
|}}
Swing Dat Hammer is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2194) in 1960. It is a collection of chain gang work songs. The last cut is a collection of workmen conversations.
At the Grammy Awards of 1961 Swing Dat Hammer won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
Track listing
- "Look Over Yonder" – 2:51
- "Bald Headed Woman" – 3:30
- "Grizzly Bear" – 3:27
- "Diamond Joe" (Belafonte) – 3:36
- "Here Rattler Here" – 3:57
- "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:21
- "Swing Dat Hammer " – 4:38
- "Go Down Old Hannah" – 3:47
- "Rocks and Gravel" – 4:10
- "Talkin' an' Signifyin' " – 5:08
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- The Belafonte Folk Singers – vocals
- Millard Thomas – guitar
- Robert De Cormier – conductor
Production notes
- Produced by Bob Bollard
- Engineered by Bob Simpson