Harry Belafonte

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  • calypso
  • oldies
  • swing
  • 60s
  • folk
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. Read more on Last.fm

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Albums

Love Songs (2005)
The Best of Harry Belafonte (2000)
My Lord What a Mornin' (1995)
Banana Boat Song (1990)
The Midnight Special (1962)
To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
Jump Up Calypso (1961)
Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)
An Evening With Belafonte (1957)
Calypso (1956)
An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends
Christmas
Christmas Classics 2007 [CD 2]
Coconut Woman
Harry Belafonte
Island in the Sun
Jamaica Farewell
Paradise in Gazankulu
Sings of the Caribbean
The Ultimate Hit Collection
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Singles

 
Harry Belafonte Greatest Hits (2000)
 
There's a Hole in My Bucket / Chickens (1960)
 
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1950)

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