Harry Belafonte
Posted in 1950s, Events dear boy. Events, Music at 12:00 on 28 April 2023
I saw on the TV news on Tuesday that Harry Belafonte had died.
He was one of those performers who were the background to growing up when I did. His was a distinctive sound though. There weren’t many people performing Jamaican influenced music back then.
He later used his profile to advocate for civil rights and became a vocal critic of the second Bush administration. Like many other like-minded people he was disparaged for it.
Still, 86 years is a good innings.
I see from his discography on Wiki that this song wasn’t a hit in Britain. I would have assumed it had been. I’m certainly familiar with it from my youth.
Harry Belafonte: Jamaica Farewell
Harold George Bellanfanti (Harry Belafonte:) 1/3/1927 – April 25/4/2023. So it goes.
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