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
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Calypso
World Fusion
1956
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Belafonte
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1956
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By Request
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1970
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Play Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1973
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