His mother was a complex woman—caring but withdrawn, eternally angry and rarely satisfied. His father was distant and physically abusive. It was not an easy life, but it instilled in young Harry the hard-nosed
Harry Belafonte, American singer, actor, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s, especially known for popularizing the Caribbean folk songs known as calypsos. He was also involved in various social causes, notably the civi
Harry Belafonte was a child when his mother sent him and his brother to live with relatives in Jamaica. He was born in Harlem on the cusp of the Great Depression, and after his father left the family, Belafonte’s mom thought her children might fare better in her home country. S...
Born on March 1, 1927, in Harlem, New York City, Belafonte grew up in poverty and spent his childhood shuttling between his mother’s home in Jamaica and his father’s in New York City. He left high school at the age of 17 and enlisted in the Navy during World War II. After...
在Apple Music 上欣赏Harry Belafonte的《Take My Mother Home (Live at Carnegie Hall, April 1959)》。1959年。时长:5:10
歌手:Harry Belafonte Take My Mother Home (Live|Remastered) - Harry Belafonte (哈里·贝拉方特) Written by:Hall Johnson I think I heard him say When he was struggling up the hill I think I heard him say Take my mother home Then I'll die easy ...
Cinderella's stepmother (Bernadette Peters), her stepsisters, Calliope (Veanne Cox) and Minerva (Natalie Desselle Reid), and the royal family's servant, Lionel (Jason Alexander), all provide some comic relief. But what really made my classmates and me choke on our Pepsi was Goldberg's ...
Attendees included Winehouse's father, mother and brother, her ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss, Harry Belafonte, Jennifer Hudson, Sean Lennon and producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, who was also honored. Winehouse and Bennett won a Grammy Award last year for the duet "Body & Soul." Belafonte ...
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
歌手: Harry Belafonte 时长: 3:32 作曲: Harry Belafonte When I was a lad of three-foot-three Certain questions occurred to me, So I asked me father quite seriously To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee. He stammered and he stuttered pathetically And this is what he said to ...