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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 (107 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)

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