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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Harry Belafonte Lyrics
Angelina Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina And pl…
Angelique-O Angelique-O, Angelique-O Your mama got to take you back Ange…
Coconut Woman Coconut woman is calling out And everyday you can hear her…
Cotton Fields When I was a little baby, My Mama would rock…
Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma Dicen que por las noches Nomas se la iba puro liorar Dicen…
Day-O (Banana Boat Song) Day-o, day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say…
Hava Nageela Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Venis mecha. Hava na…
If I Were A Carpenter If I were a carpenter And you are a lady Would you…
Island In the Sun (from "Island In the Sun") This is my island in the sun Where my people have…
Land of the Sea and Sun Many nights I sit here With memories by the score Thinking…
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) I say let us put man and a woman together To…
Mary's Boy Child Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say, Mary's bo…
Matilda! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me mo…
Midnight Special Well, you wake up in the mornin' And the ding dong…
Mr. Bojangles Oh I knew a man, Bojangles and he danced for…
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) I peeked in to say good-night And there I heard my…
Try To Remember Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow…
Unchained Melody Oh, my love My darling I've hungered for your touch A lon…
Venezuela By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising She'll…
When the Saints Go Marching In Oh, when the saints, go marching in Yes when the saints…
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