Harry Belafonte
1927-03-01 ( 98 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Following Harry 2024-06-14
Jim Henson Idea Man 2024-05-18
The Greatest Night in Pop 2024-01-19
Sunday Best 2023-06-11
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 2023-03-12
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2022-11-19
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022-10-09
Sidney 2022-09-10
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice 2022-07-22
The One and Only Dick Gregory 2021-06-19
Dom Salvador & The Abolition 2020-09-09
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 2020-04-15
The Man Behind the White Guitar 2019-06-10
BlacKkKlansman 2018-08-09
Mr. SOUL! 2018-04-27
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America 2018-04-04
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald 2018-03-22
King in the Wilderness 2018-01-22
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart 2017-10-14
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala 2017-05-23
I Am Not Your Negro 2017-02-03
The Madding Crowd 2017-02-01
Året var 1966 2016-02-08
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity 2015-09-13
Selma 2014-12-25
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 2014-06-22
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark 2014-05-13
Moms Mabley 2013-04-20
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 2013-01-01
JFK: The Private President 2013-01-01
Hava Nagila: The Movie 2012-07-19
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom 2012-03-20
Sing Your Song 2012-01-13
Rise Like Lions 2011-10-12
Mama Africa 2011-08-12
The University of Sing Sing 2011-04-01
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 2011-04-01
Anecdotes about Fidel 2009-01-01
Bobby 2006-09-05
Mo & Me 2006-03-16
Best Ever Muppet Moments 2006-03-11
The Peace! 2005-09-20
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn 2005-08-01
Muppet Music Moments 2004-11-20
The Legendary Nat King Cole 2004-10-05
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism 2004-07-14
The World of Nat King Cole 2004-06-15
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004-01-01
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 2002-12-04
Altman on His Own Terms 2000-01-01
Swing Vote 1999-04-19
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 1999-02-24
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist 1998-01-01
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady 1997-03-21
Jazz '34 1997-01-29
Kansas City 1996-08-16
White Man's Burden 1995-12-01
Prêt-à-Porter 1994-12-23
The World of Jim Henson 1994-11-23
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years 1993-07-01
The Player 1992-05-08
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson 1990-11-21
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole 1989-01-01
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert 1988-01-01
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years 1986-01-21
The Muppet Revue 1985-04-16
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song 1985-01-28
Night of 100 Stars 1982-03-08
Grambling's White Tiger 1981-10-04
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest 1977-01-01
Uptown Saturday Night 1974-07-26
Free to Be… You and Me 1974-03-11
Nationtime 1972-11-01
Buck and the Preacher 1972-03-17
The Angel Levine 1970-07-28
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970-03-24
Petula 1968-04-02
The Strolling '20s 1966-02-04
Harry Belafonte in Concert 1960-07-30
Odds Against Tomorrow 1959-10-15
The World, the Flesh and the Devil 1959-05-01
Island in the Sun 1957-06-12
Carmen Jones 1954-10-28
Bright Road 1953-04-17
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits

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