Apparently Belafonte's first album to be recorded in stereo, this 1958 release is a total pleasure despite the misleading title: only a couple of tracks on it qualify as what most understand to be pure blues, the rest owing more to jazz or gospel. The mood, the tone and the phrasing, ...
Belafonte's big break came in 1956 when he released his first album, Calypso, which became the first LP to sell over one million copies. Source: Getty Images. Harry Belafonte, the legendary American singer, actor, and social activist, has died at the age of 96, leaving behind a l...
Harry Belafonte Sings the Blues 来自:Harry Belafonte by Cary Ginell After flirting with traditional African-American material in his previous albums, Belafonte, for the first time, devotes an entire album to the blues. However, of the eleven songs, only two could be classified as traditional blue...
Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died. No description available Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on BelafonteRead full article: Farewell...
Belafonte grew up in New York as the son of Caribbean immigrants. Although he recorded many different genres of music, he became known as the “King of Calypso” thanks to his Caribbean hits “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” and “Jump in the Line” in the 1950s. His 1956 album Calyp...
Harry Belafonte has died at age 96. He was a dedicated activist and award-winning actor and singer. He sold millions of records and starred on stage and screen before scaling back his career and becoming a relentless supporter of civil rights and other c
(originating in Trinidad & Tobago) with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was perhaps best known for singing “The Banana Boat Song”, with its signature lyric “Day-O”. He had ...
It became the first album to break the million-copy sales mark. It's easy to see why this LP became a phenomena. Belafonte had a trove of great songs from the Caribbean to choose from and knew how to present this music to the tastes of the American masses in the 1950s. By this,...
Belafonte started his career in music as a club singer in New York, to pay for his acting classes. The first time he appeared in front of an audience he was backed by the Charlie Parker band, which included Charlie Parker himself, Max Roach, and Miles Davis among others. At first he ...
OK, first things first: This isn’t really a blues album. At least, not in the sense of a Muddy Waters, or even an Eric Clapton blues interpretation. It’s a mix of some blues songs and some old standards, nicely accompanied and featuring the super-smooth voice of Harry Belafonte. ...