1960 studio album by Harry Belafonte
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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 .
"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 Produced by Bob Bollard Engineered by Bob Simpson
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