HARRY BELAFONTE

Pop/Art Song/Folk / World Fusion / Blues / Jazz Related Soundtracks / Jazz Related Gospel • United States
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One-time King of Calypso and major civil-rights activist whose career took countless twists and turns over seven decades.

An actor, humanitarian, and the acknowledged "King of Calypso," Harry Belafonte ranked among the most seminal performers of the postwar era. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, Belafonte's staggering talent, good looks, and masterful assimilation of folk, jazz, and worldbeat rhythms allowed him to achieve a level of mainstream eminence and crossover popularity virtually unparalleled in the days before the advent of the civil rights movement -- a cultural uprising which he himself helped spearhead.

Harold George Belafonte, Jr., was born March 1, 1927 in Harlem, New York. The son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he returned with his mother to her native Jamaica at the age of eight, remaining there for the next five years. Upon returning to the U.S., Belafonte dropped out of high school to enlist in the read more...
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HARRY BELAFONTE Discography

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HARRY BELAFONTE 0.00 | 0 ratings
 "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 live albums

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
HARRY BELAFONTE selection of harry belafonte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 selection of harry belafonte
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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