Harry Belafonte

2023 - 4 - 25

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Calypso, jazz, orchestral ballads … the astonishing range of Harry ... (The Guardian)

We pick 10 of the best recordings by the late singer, who became famous for popularising calypso but whose artistry couldn't be hemmed in by genre.

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Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful ... (The Conversation US)

Singer, actor and activist died on April 25 at the age of 96. His legacy spans stage, screen and political activism.

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'I did all that I could': the tireless activism of Harry Belafonte (The Guardian)

On the morning of 9 April 1968, some 1,300 mourners crammed into Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist church for the funeral of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. At the end ...

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