A Hole in the Bucket – Harry Belafonte with Falumi Prince ...
A Hole in the Bucket – Harry Belafonte with Falumi Prince ...
Harry Belafonte, entertainer and civil rights activist, dies at 96-by Hillel Italie Source:Theage New York: Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died on Tuesday (US time) of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said publicist Ken Sunshine. With his glowing, handsome face and silky-husky voice, Belafonte was one of the first black performers to gain a wide following on film and to sell a million records as a singer. Many still know him for his signature hit Banana Boat Song (Day-O), and its call of “Day-O! Daaaaay-O.” But he forged a greater legacy once he scaled back his performing career in the 1960s and lived out his hero Paul Robeson’s decree that artists are “gatekeepers of truth”. Belafonte ...
Harry Belafonte – Live at the BBC – Songs of Many Lands (1959) Harry Belafonte – Songs of Many Lands, a TV special recorded in 1959 for the BCC. Setlist: Lucy’s Door, I Know Where I’m Going, Old King Cole, Suliram, Hine Ma Tov, Shenandoah, A Little Lyric Of Great Importance, La Bamba, The Partisan, Awimawe, Scarlett Ribbons. ...
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