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Calypso-Mento-Folk 1954-1957 by Harry Belafonte released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Calypso is the third studio album by recording artist Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM-1248) in 1956. The album became his second consecutive number-one album on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, where it peaked for 31 weeks.
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Mar 3, 2009 · Calypso Mento Folk 1954/1957 takes that musical maze and puts it in order inside a CD set. For the first time ever, "Cordilla Brown" (what makes your head so red?), a childhood favorite song of mine, is included in this multi CD imported set.
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Harry Belafonte, Almanac, 18 February 1954 "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ...
Harry Belafonte, the Harlem-born son of poor undocumented Jamaican immigrants, an untrained singer whose heart was set on becoming an actor, made music history with “Harry Belafonte: Calypso.”
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Calypso Mento Folk 1954/1957 takes that musical maze and puts it in order inside a CD set. For the first time ever, "Cordilla Brown" (what makes your head so red?), a childhood favorite song of mine, is included in this multi CD imported set.
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