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Harry Belafonte ‎– Favorite Folk Songs / Including: John Henry, Soldier, Soldier, Mark Twain, The Fox, The Drummer And The Cook / Prism Leisure Audio CD 2004 / PLATCD 1322

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Harry Belafonte ‎– Favorite Folk Songs / Including: John Henry, Soldier, Soldier, Mark Twain, The Fox, The Drummer And The Cook / Prism Leisure Audio CD 2004 / PLATCD1322

UPC 5014293132220

 

Product Details:

Label: Prism Leisure ‎– PLATCD 1322
Format: CD, Compilation, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 2004
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Easy Listening, Calypso
 
 

 

Tracklist:

1 Mark Twain  
2 Man Piaba  
3 John Henry  
4 Tol' My Captain  
5 Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)     
 
6 The Drummer And The Cook  
7 The Fox  
8 Soldier, Soldier  
9 The Next Big River  
10 Delia  
11   
Mo Mary  
12 Lord Randall  

 

 

About Harry:

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) is the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

Belafonte was an early supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr.. Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush presidential administrations. Belafonte acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.

Belafonte has 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.

 

 

 

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