Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 Ma… Read Full Bio ↴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.
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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.
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SING YOUR SONG: The Music
Harry Belafonte Lyrics
A Hole in the Bucket There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's…
Coconut Woman Coconut woman is calling out And everyday you can hear her…
Day-O (Banana Boat Song) Day-o, day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say…
Island In the Sun (from "Island In the Sun") This is my island in the sun Where my people have…
Jamaica Farewell Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun…
Jump in the Line Shake, shake, shake, señora Shake your body line Shake, shak…
Mama Look A Boo Boo I wonder why nobody don't like me Or is it the…
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) I say let us put man and a woman together To…
Mark Twain My granddad used to tell me, "Boy, when I was…
Matilda Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me mo…
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) I peeked in to say good-night And there I heard my…
Sylvie Sylvie Sylvie I'm so hot'n dry Sylvie Sylvie Can't you…
Turn The World Around We come from the fire, living in the fire Go back…
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