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Harry Belafonte

Come Back, Liza

1956 · via Lil Wayne

Harry Belafonte’s 1956 recording of “Come Back, Liza” is the earliest release on file. William Attaway and Lord Burgess are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Nina & Frederik (released 1993), among 10 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot” (2010) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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Before Wayne and Cory Gunz got anywhere near it, "Come Back, Liza" was a Harry Belafonte record from 1956, and William Attaway and Lord Burgess still get their names on the rap track. Play them back to back and listen for the old song running under the new one.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: William Attaway and Lord Burgess.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1956.

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Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot” (2010) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

10 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" carries the writing credit of an earlier song, "Come Back, Liza." Who first recorded that one?Harry Belafonte
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Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.