Harry Belafonte

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

Harry Belafonte has 19 songs that have been featured in movies like Beetle Juice, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Sing Your Song and Carmen Jones. What is your favorite song by Harry Belafonte?

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Songs from Harry Belafonte

Day-O

Man Smart, Woman Smarter

Sweethart from Venezuela

Jump in the Line (Shake Se?ora)

DIS FLOWER

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

My Baby's Not Around

Say a Prayer for a Stranger

The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Another Man Done Gone

And I Love You So

Give Us Our Land

Hallelujah I Love Her So

Island in the Sun

Jump in the Line

Lean on Me

Oh Freedom

Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)

Mama Look a Boo Boo