Harry Belafonte, the legendary entertainer and activist died today, April 25th, 2023, at age 96. More about his legacy, below ⬇️ (📷 Ralph Crane, Allan Grant, Martha Holmes, Francis Miller/LIFE Picture Collection) HarryBelafonte Entertainer Activist
, was going to come out the following month. Belftonte achieved his massive success by introducing audiences to calypso music, which he did despite encountering resistance in the music business:
When I started singing the kind of folk music I do now I was told it was too special to get across. But I’d given up the idea of reaching a lot of people. I was trying to express my strong social feelings in terms of folk music, the way people of all nations have historically done. Part of my heritage is West Indian so my interest in their music—calypso—was natural.Harry Belafonte laughing during Bop City nightclub’s opening night, 1949.
Anthony Quinn with singers Ethel Merman and Harry Belafonte at President-elect John F. Kennedy’s inaugural ball, 1961.Burt Lancaster, Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. for a civil rights march, 1963.Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963.Harry Belafonte with Julie Andrews at a party following the Broadway premiere of ‘Sound of Music’. 1965.
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