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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 25 episodes and was first played on 20 October 2014.

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.

Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its…

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Harry Belafonte
Geffen Records1988
Day-O
Harry BelafonteGeffen Records1988
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Jump In The Line
Harry Belafonte
RCA Victor1961
Jump In The Line
Harry BelafonteRCA Victor1961
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Banana Boat Song
Harry Belafonte
World Star Collection1988
Banana Boat Song
Harry BelafonteWorld Star Collection1988
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Day-O (Banana Boat)
Harry Belafonte
International Joker Production, Joker1981
Day-O (Banana Boat)
Harry BelafonteInternational Joker Production, Joker1981
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Jump In The Line
Harry Belefonte
RCA Special Products, BMG Direct Marketing1992
Jump In The Line
Harry BelefonteRCA Special Products, BMG Direct Marketing1992
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Don'T Stop The Carnival
Harry Belafonte
RCA1986
Don'T Stop The Carnival
Harry BelafonteRCA1986
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Coconut Woman
Harry Belafonte
Maybellene1987
Coconut Woman
Harry BelafonteMaybellene1987
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Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Harry Belafonte
RCA0
Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Harry BelafonteRCA0
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I Never Will Marry
Harry Belafonte
RCA Victor1959
I Never Will Marry
Harry BelafonteRCA Victor1959
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Train Song
Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba
RCA Victor1965
Train Song
Harry Belafonte, Miriam MakebaRCA Victor1965
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