Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Aliases: Belafonte
Harry Belafonte and The Belafonte Folk Singers
Harry Belafonté with the Belafonté Singers
Real name: Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Born: March 1, 1927
Country: United States
IPI: 00002539123 16 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Singer, songwriter, actor and human rights activist of Jamaican descent. For decades being one of the worldwide most successful music performers and making Caribbean music popular on an international scale, Belafonte has been named "King of Calypso".
Member of: USA for Africa (1985)
Family: Shari Belafonte Daughter
Related: The Belafonte Folk Singers

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Popular Originals

Turn Around

video

Released on Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959)

Covered by (36 artists)

Come Away Melinda

Streets I Have Walked

Released on Streets I Have Walked (1963)

Covered by (14 artists)

Island in the Sun

Cocoanut Woman

Released on Cocoanut Woman (1957)

Covered by (95 artists)

Come Back Liza

Calypso

Released on Calypso (1956)

Covered by (10 artists)

Popular Covers by Harry Belafonte

Mary's Boy Child

video

Originally by The De Paur Chorus

Released on Mary's Boy Child (1956)

Jamaica Farewell

Calypso

Originally by (unknown)

Released on Calypso (1956)

Try to Remember

The Many Moods of Belafonte

Originally by Jerry Orbach

Released on The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962)

Cu cu ru cu cu paloma

An Evening with Belafonte

Originally by Ana María González con acompañamiento de orquesta

Released on An Evening with Belafonte (1957)