Harry Belafonte: Best Of: Live At Carnegie Hall 1959 (CD)

Harry Belafonte

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Label:: Documents
Artikelnummer:: 4967304
UPC/EAN:: 0885150332146
Erscheinungstermin:: 14.10.2023

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Harold George Belafonte was born in New York (U. S.A.) in 1927. His parents came from the Caribbean. Harold‘s father left the family while Harold was still an infant so the mother left for Jamaica with her small son. After several years Harry returned to New York, just before he turned eighteen. Belafonte opened a club in Greenwich Village with several of his friends, now performing as a singer in his own club. In 1954 the young entertainer landed a minor role in a film – and made a lasting impression on audiences.

Just one year later he was given the leading role in the box office hit Carmen Jones this was to be his breakthrough – at least as an actor. It was to be another year before the first hit Jamaica Farewellmade its way up the charts however and the next charts climber was to become the greatest of all his hits: Banana Boat Song. Jukeboxes all over the world rang out loud and clear with that unique Daaaay-ooooo, Daaay-ay-ay-ooo, daylight come and we want to go home. This was the birth of the calypso boom and Belafonte made the charts eight times in 1956 and 1957.

Belafonte‘s name will always be associated with Caribbean rhythms and calypso but he is also held in high esteem as a man dedicated to social causes. He used his fame time and again to spotlight and fight for the interests of the black population. Following the death of actor Danny Kaye, Harry Belafonte was appointed UNICEF ambassador in 1987 – and now enjoyed deserved international recognition for his long-term social engagement.