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Harry Belafonte

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Aliases
Belafonte
Harry Belafonte and The Belafonte Folk Singers
Harry Belafonté with the Belafonté Singers
Harry Belafonte with Orchestra and Chorus
Real name
Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr.
Born
March 1, 1927
Died
April 25, 2023
Country
United States
IPI
00002539123 16 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Singer, songwriter, actor and human rights activist of Jamaican descent. For decades being one of the worldwide most successful music performers and making Caribbean music popular on an international scale, Belafonte has been named "King of Calypso".
Member of
USA for Africa (1985)
Family
Shari Belafonte Daughter
Related
The Belafonte Folk Singers
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive July 1961 (6 artists)
August 1957 La Trinca
August 1967 (3 artists)
1964 Don Crawford [US2]
listen on Internet Archive April 1957 (16 artists)
May 1963 (15 artists)
August 1956 (9 artists)
August 1957 Gary U.S. Bonds
Don’t Stop the Carnival Harry Belafonte 1971 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive August 1957 (5 artists)
August 1956 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive January 1954 (36 artists)
1965 חוה אלברשטיין (Chava Alberstein)
listen on Internet Archive April 1957 (105 artists)
August 1957 Lobo [NL]
July 1961 (3 artists)
July 1961 (7 artists)
September 1962 (2 artists)
{Oneiro} 1965 Carola - Esko Linnavallin orkesteri
listen on Internet Archive May 1953 (15 artists)
July 1961 (2 artists)
May 1963 (3 artists)
1958 (2 artists)
March 1959 (40 artists)
1977 (5 artists)

Originals using parts of other songs

Covers by Harry Belafonte

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1970 Dion
1968 Agostinho dos Santos, Jack Jones
1958 Ray Charles and His Band
November 1960 (unknown), (unknown)
March 1959 Bob Gibson [US]
listen on Internet Archive May 1963 (unknown)
1964 Chicago Sanctified Singers
1973 Don McLean
1960 Vera Hall
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Richard Maitland
1958 Dorothy Maynor with Unaccompanied Male Choir
  April 1959 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
1960 (unknown)
  1993 Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson REL, Angela Lansbury BRD
  April 1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
  April 1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
September 1962 (unknown), Chuck Willis - Orchestra & Chorus directed by Jesse Stone
April 1, 1966 Oscar Brown, Jr.
August 1956 King Radio
listen on Internet Archive February 1960 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1968 Johnny Rivers
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Stuart Foster accompanied by Dick Jacobs Orch.
1958 (unknown)
1971 Ian & Sylvia
1971 Tossi Aaron, James Taylor
1958 Leadbelly
April 1962 Honeyboy and Sassafras
  1957 Ana María González con acompañamiento de orquesta REC,REL, Pedro Infante BRD
1971 Frank Sinatra
1957 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
September 1962 Merle Travis
listen on Internet Archive August 1956 Edric Connor and The Caribbeans
Covered by (87 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 1959 Nassau String Band
Did You Hear About Jerry Harry Belafonte 1958 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive March 1957 (unknown), Katherine Dunham and Ensemble
Covered by Peter Ricardo
1970 Joe South and The Believers
1969 James Taylor
1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival
1973 Don McLean
February 1960 Biddle University Quartet
1958 Libby Holman with Josh White
listen on Internet Archive 1950 (unknown)
1981 Bob Dylan
1964 Ian and Sylvia
1981 Jake Holmes
1958 Billie Holiday
July 1961 Small Island Pride
Covered by (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Columbia Tokyo Orchestra
January 1959 (unknown), The Weavers
March 1959 John Jacob Niles and Marion Kerby
1958 Ray Charles
1957 A.Z. Idelsohn
1971 Jake Holmes
listen on Internet Archive January 1954 Sam Manning's Orchestra
1967 Tom Paxton
  1969 Chad and Jeremy REC, Simon & Garfunkel REL
1993 James Ingram and Patti Austin
January 1967 Little Richard
  1969 Bobby Darin REL, Tim Hardin REC
listen on Internet Archive 1958 (unknown), Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Singers and Orchestra directed by Buddy Cole
November 1960 (unknown)
September 1962 Leon Bibb
1968 Peggy Lee
listen on Internet Archive 1950 The Clevelanders – V. C. Bill Cody
1970 Elizabeth Cotten REC, Jackie Washington [US] REL, Fred Neil
listen on Internet Archive August 1956 (unknown)
Covered by (154 artists)
1952 Joshua White and His Carolinians
1954 Fiddlin' John Carson
1964 Blind Willie Johnson
listen on Internet Archive February 1956 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive July 1961 Aldwin Roberts with His Steel Band Chorus Boys
Covered by (20 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1960 El Jarocho
Covered by (3 artists)
1969 Jerry Jeff Walker
1973 Linda Ronstadt
1954 (unknown)
1958 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
1970 The Brothers [US2]
September 1962 Theodore Bikel
April 1962 Group of Negro Prisoners
listen on Internet Archive March 1957 Lord Melody
Sampled by Buchanan and Goodman
1952 King Radio
1958 Ray Charles and His Band
listen on Internet Archive November 1956 The De Paur Chorus
listen on Internet Archive May 1953 King Radio
April 1962 Pete Seeger with Audience Participation
April 1962 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
1973 Neil Diamond
  1970 Jerry Jeff Walker REL,REC
April 1962 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1965 Fadhili William and The Black Shadows
1970 Jerry Jeff Walker
May 1963 (unknown)
1971 Tom Rush
February 1960 (unknown)
  April 1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
November 1960 (unknown)
  1958 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
November 1960 Gunther Emmerlich und Petra Zieger
Covered by (7 artists)
April 1962 George Reneau
1988 Obed Ngobeni and Kurhula Sisters
1964 (unknown), Woody Guthrie
March 1964 Frank Crumit
1973 Neil Diamond
June 1966 Carol Lawrence
June 1966 Mike Settle
1971 James Taylor
1960 [Prisoners of Mississippi State Penitentiary's Parchman Work Camp]
1967 "Uncle Bunt" Stephens
1970 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
listen on Internet Archive November 1952 Jo Stafford with Vocal Group and Paul Weston and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 1952 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
1958 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
1958 Lowell Fulson
May 1963 (unknown)
1973 Jake Holmes
1971 Tom Rush
March 1950 (unknown)
April 1959 Gus Simons
1981 Ralph McTell
  September 1962 Anthony Perkins PRF, Rosemary Clooney and Perez Prado REL
  1969 Judy Collins REL, The Stormy Clovers PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1955 Lead Belly
January 1959 (unknown)
1969 Fred Neil
1967 The Gateway Singers
1991 Tally-Ho!
1970 Bonnie Dobson
1967 Bonnie Dobson
1954 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
June 1966 Joe & Eddie
June 1966 Glenn Yarbrough
1967 Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd, Tom Paxton
1969 Gordon Lightfoot
April 1, 1966 (unknown), John Charles Thomas
November 1966 Lord Flea and His Calypsonians
1971 Jake Holmes
April 1959 John W. Bubbles
1958 (unknown), (unknown)
1958 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 1949 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
THIS IS THE LIFE Harry Belafonte Unverified
May 1963 Woody Guthrie
March 1959 (unknown)
1969 Bob Dylan
  September 1962 Jerry Orbach PRF,REL
  April 1, 1966 Jerry Orbach PRF,REL
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1950 (unknown)
1970 Joe South and The Believers
1967 (unknown)
February 1960 (unknown)
1958 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Meister Glee Singers, (unknown), (unknown)
1968 Alex Hassilev
1957 (unknown)
April 1, 1966 Pete Seeger
  March 1950 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
April 1, 1966 The Staple Singers
September 1962 Lord Intruder

Web Covers by Harry Belafonte

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
An Evening with Belafonte Harry Belafonte 1957 RCA Victor
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba Belafonte / Makeba - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Jonas Gwangwa and Howard Roberts 1965 RCA Victor
An Evening with Belafonte / Mouskouri Belafonte / Mouskouri 1965 RCA Victor
Ballads, Blues and Boasters Harry Belafonte 1964 RCA Victor
Belafonte Harry Belafonte February 1956 RCA Victor
Belafonte at The Greek Theatre Harry Belafonte March 1964 RCA Victor
Belafonte - By Request Harry Belafonte 1970 RCA Victor
Belafonte on Campus Harry Belafonte 1967 RCA Victor
Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall Harry Belafonte November 1960 RCA Victor
Belafonte Sings of Love Harry Belafonte 1968 RCA Victor
Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean Harry Belafonte with Bob Corman Orch. August 1957 RCA Victor
Belafonte Sings the Blues Harry Belafonte 1958 RCA Victor
Calypso Harry Belafonte August 1956 RCA Victor
Calypso in Brass Harry Belafonte November 1966 RCA Victor
En gränslös kväll på Operan Harry Belafonte April 1, 1966 Philips
Harry & Lena - For the Love of Life Fabergé Presents Music from the Television Special Harry & Lena 1970 RCA Victor
Homeward Bound Harry Belafonte 1969 RCA Victor
In My Quiet Room Harry Belafonte June 1966 RCA Victor
Jump Up Calypso Harry Belafonte - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ralph Hunter July 1961 RCA Victor
Love Is a Gentle Thing Harry Belafonte March 1959 RCA Victor
Loving You Is Where I Belong Harry Belafonte 1981 Columbia [US]
"Mark Twain" and Other Folk Favorites Harry Belafonte 1954 RCA Victor
My Lord What a Mornin' Harry Belafonte February 1960 RCA Victor
Paradise in Gazankulu Harry Belafonte 1988 EMI Manhattan
Play Me Harry Belafonte 1973 RCA Victor
Porgy and Bess Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne April 1959 RCA Victor
Streets I Have Walked Harry Belafonte May 1963 RCA Victor
Swing Dat Hammer Harry Belafonte 1960 RCA Victor
The Many Moods of Belafonte Harry Belafonte September 1962 RCA Victor
The Midnight Special Harry Belafonte April 1962 RCA Victor
The Warm Touch Harry Belafonte 1971 RCA Victor
To Wish You a Merry Christmas Harry Belafonte 1958 RCA Victor
Turn the World Around Harry Belafonte 1977 CBS

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Strange Song Harry Belafonte August 1967 RCA Victor
Banana Boat (Day-O) Harry Belafonte December 1956 RCA Victor
Chimney Smoke Harry Belafonte with Orchestra and Chorus directed by Hugo Winterhalter April 1952 RCA Victor
Cocoanut Woman Harry Belafonte with Bob Corman Orch. April 1957 RCA Victor
Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me) Harry Belafonte 1953 RCA Victor
Gotta Travel On Harry Belafonte - The Belafonte Singers and Orchestra - Conducted by Bob Corman January 1959 RCA Victor
Hold 'Em Joe Harry Belafonte with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra January 1954 RCA Victor
How Green Was My Valley Harry Belafonte with Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo November 1949 Capitol Records
Hurry Sundown Harry Belafonte January 1967 RCA Victor
I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) Harry Belafonte with Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo 1950 Capitol Records
John Henry Harry Belafonte 1954 RCA Victor
Mama Look at Bubu Harry Belafonte March 1957 RCA Victor
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) Harry Belafonte 1952 RCA Victor
Mary's Boy Child Harry Belafonte November 1956 RCA Victor
Matilda, Matilda! Harry Belafonte with Orchestra and Chorus May 1953 RCA Victor
Shenandoah Harry Belafonte November 1952 RCA Victor
Sleep Late My Lady Friend Harry Belafonte 1968 RCA Victor
Unchained Melody Harry Belafonte 1956 RCA Victor
Venezuela Harry Belafonté with the Belafonté Singers 1950 Jubilee
Whispering Harry Belafonte with Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo March 1950 Capitol Records

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