Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Person from United States
Genres: calypso, contemporary folk, easy listening, folk, folk pop, mento, pop, traditional pop
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About Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 March 1927; died 25 April 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which was marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso, released in 1956, was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he was an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category and was the oldest living person to have received the honor. http://singyoursongthemovie.com
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Harry Belafonte — Top 30 songs of 149
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Belafonte | Island in the sun | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Mary's Boy Child | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Beetlejuice | ||
| Harry Belafonte | The Gifts They Gave | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Limbo song | ||
| Harry Belafonte | I Heard The Bells On Christmas | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Try to remember | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Mary's boy child | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Christmas Medley | ||
| Harry Belafonte | The Twelve Days Of Christmas | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Day-O (Banana Boat Song) | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Jamaica Farewell | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Try to Remember | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Jump in the Line | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Mary's Little Boy Child | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Hallelujah I Love Her So | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Try To Remember | ||
| Harry Belafonte | John Henry [1954] | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Coconut Woman | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Marys Boy Child | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Day-O (banana boat song) | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Nobody's Business Lord But Mine | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Scarlett Ribbons | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Jump in the line ~ shake, senora | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Banana Boat Song (Day O) | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Island In The Sun | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Jump In The Line | ||
| Harry Belafonte | I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day | ||
| Harry Belafonte | Mary's Boy Child |