HARRY BELAFONTE

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Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 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 (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line", and "Jamaica Farewell". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in several films, including Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

Belafonte considered the actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement
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"Mark Twain" And Other Folk Favorites
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1954
HARRY BELAFONTE Calypso album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Calypso
World Fusion 1956
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1956
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean
World Fusion 1957
HARRY BELAFONTE An Evening With Belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
HARRY BELAFONTE To Wish You A Merry Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
To Wish You A Merry Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1958
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte Sings The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte Sings The Blues
Blues 1958
HARRY BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte à Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Harry Belafonte à Paris
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1958
HARRY BELAFONTE Love Is A Gentle Thing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Is A Gentle Thing
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1959
HARRY BELAFONTE My Lord What A Mornin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Lord What A Mornin'
Jazz Related Gospel 1960
HARRY BELAFONTE Jump Up Calypso album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jump Up Calypso
World Fusion 1961
HARRY BELAFONTE The Midnight Special album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Midnight Special
Blues 1962
HARRY BELAFONTE The Many Moods Of Belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Many Moods Of Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1962
HARRY BELAFONTE Streets I Have Walked album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Streets I Have Walked
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1963
HARRY BELAFONTE Ballads, Blues And Boasters album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ballads, Blues And Boasters
Blues 1964
HARRY BELAFONTE An Evening With Belafonte / Mouskouri album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Belafonte / Mouskouri
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1965
HARRY BELAFONTE An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba
World Fusion 1965
HARRY BELAFONTE Calypso In Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Calypso In Brass
World Fusion 1966
HARRY BELAFONTE In My Quiet Room album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In My Quiet Room
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1966
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte On Campus album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte On Campus
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1967
HARRY BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte, Peter Nero : Excitement In Stereo Sound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Harry Belafonte, Peter Nero : Excitement In Stereo Sound
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1967
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte Sings Of Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte Sings Of Love
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1968
HARRY BELAFONTE Homeward Bound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Homeward Bound
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1969
HARRY BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte / The Bob Jones Singers ‎: Songs Of The Land - Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Harry Belafonte / The Bob Jones Singers ‎: Songs Of The Land - Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
HARRY BELAFONTE By Request album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
By Request
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
HARRY BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne : Harry & Lena album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne : Harry & Lena
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1970
HARRY BELAFONTE Loving You Is Where I Belong album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Loving You Is Where I Belong
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
HARRY BELAFONTE The Warm Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Warm Touch
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1971
HARRY BELAFONTE Calypso Carnival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Calypso Carnival
World Fusion 1971
HARRY BELAFONTE I Wish You A Merry Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Wish You A Merry Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
HARRY BELAFONTE Play Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Play Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
HARRY BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Harry Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
HARRY BELAFONTE Abraham, Martin And John album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Abraham, Martin And John
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1974
HARRY BELAFONTE Turn The World Around album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Turn The World Around
World Fusion 1977
HARRY BELAFONTE Paradise In Gazankulu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paradise In Gazankulu
World Fusion 1988
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte '89 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte '89
World Fusion 1989

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HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte At Carnegie Hall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1959
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte At Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1959
HARRY BELAFONTE Excerpts From The Belafonte Carnegie Hall Concert (aka Harry Belafonte) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Excerpts From The Belafonte Carnegie Hall Concert (aka Harry Belafonte)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1959
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte At Carnegie Hall, ‎Vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall, ‎Vol.2
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1959
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1960
HARRY BELAFONTE Swing Dat Hammer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing Dat Hammer
Blues 1960
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte At The Greek Theatre album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte At The Greek Theatre
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1963
HARRY BELAFONTE Belafonte ...Live! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Belafonte ...Live!
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1972
HARRY BELAFONTE Canada /74 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Canada /74
World Fusion 1974
HARRY BELAFONTE Concert In Japan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concert In Japan
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1974
HARRY BELAFONTE An Evening With Harry Belafonte & Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Harry Belafonte & Friends
World Fusion 1997

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HARRY BELAFONTE Le Disque D'or D'Harry Belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Le Disque D'or D'Harry Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
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Pop/Art Song/Folk 1976
HARRY BELAFONTE Day-O Banana Boat album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Day-O Banana Boat
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1981

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