Harry Belafonte ( Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.)
(March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023)
Belafonte was a Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist,
who popularized calypso music with international audiences
in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the
first million-selling LP by a single artist.
Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O
(The Banana Boat Song)".
In 2022 Harry Belafonte was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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