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Harry Belafonte. Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Getty Images. Harry Belafonte performs a song at a recording studio, circa 1957. The success of Carmen Jones in 1954 made Belafonte a star, and soon, he became a music sensation. With RCA Victor ...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. He was 96.
Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the effortlessly graceful singer credited with popularizing calypso in the U.S. in the 1950s who then marched at the forefront of the country’s civil rights struggle for half a ...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored ...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Rolling Stone reports the death of Harry Belafonte, who broke barriers for Black performers in the Fifties and became a prominent figure in the civil rights movement. He was a singer, actor, and activist who fought for social justice and equality until his last days.
