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1956 Songs: Jamaican Farewell

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 11 Apr

Next week I’ll be turning 66, which means I wasn’t born when this song came out. The great thing about music is that you don’t have to be around when the song was originally released, because it’s out there for all the succeeding...

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Remembering 2023’s Music Losses: Harry Belafonte

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 5 Jan 24

The hardest week — the first one of the year — is ending today! Congratulations on surviving it. How about some music to celebrate with? This month I’m saluting some of the music greats who passed away in 2023. Here’s one of...

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One thing leads to another. I am watching a conference with Harry Belafonte.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 24 Mar 21

I started with his song at noon, most of which I know by heart. Now at YouTube, I found a conversation with him. It was interesting how the critic Henry Louis Gates described him "Radical before it was chic and remained so...

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I have been listening to music.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 24 Mar 21

A couple of days ago I was in the classic music beat. I listened to some of Beethoven´s sonatas and a bit of Bach and Mozart. Today, I wanted Caribbean in my blood. So I looked up for Harry Belafonte and sang along with him...

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Heeere's Harry Belafonte!

Danna B. @db20747 (43419) • Washington, District Of Columbia 12 Nov 20

Here is my post about Harry Belafonte, the very handsome actor that played with Dorothy Dandridge in the movie Carmen Jones. I'm going to upload a scene from this movie and you'll see what I mean when I say they burned up the...

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Ten Songs You Might Not Know Were Covers (Vol. 5): Banana Boat Song (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 25 Feb 19

Sometimes when you find out that the best-known version of a song is actually a cover you are impressed with the original. This may not be one of those times. Here's another song that you might not know is a cover. [b]#3:...

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Housework Calypso Style

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98072) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 Mar 16

There I was engaged in my least favorite activity which is doing housework. On the radio I heard this song by Harry Belafonte “Jamaica Farewell”. Soon the Calypso mood had taken over and I found it much easier to do my chores....

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Harry Belafonte Collectors

edgarblythe @edgarblythe (14) • United States 7 Apr 07

Has anybody besides me collected Belafonte albums? I first bought the records, Belafonte, and, Belafonte Sings of the Carribean, in 1958. I went on to buy all of his major albums on RCA, except the collaboration with Nana...