Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. His breakthrough album Calypso was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. He has won three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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Harry Belafonte is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. His breakthrough album Calypso was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. He has won three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. He was an early supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy’s 6th Annual Governors Awards. His grandfather was a white Dutch Jew who drifted over to the islands after chasing gold and diamonds, with no luck at all. His mother was born in Jamaica, the child of a Scottish Jamaican mother and an Afro-Jamaican father. His father was a black mother and Dutch Jewish father of Sephardi origins. He is the son of Melvine, a housekeeper, and Harold George Bellanfanti Sr., who worked as a chef. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. His daughter is the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. His son is the singer-songwriter-actor-director-producer-actor Harry Belaftee, who lives in Los Angeles with his family. He currently lives in San Francisco with his husband and two children. He and his wife have a daughter and son-in-law, both of whom live in the Los Angeles area.
They have a son and a daughter who live in San Diego, California. He also has a son who lives with his mother in California, and has a daughter with his ex-wife, who also lives in the San Diego area. He had a son with his second wife, who is also a singer/songwriter/actor. He now lives in Las Vegas with his daughter and her husband, who live there with their two children, and his daughter’s son, who has a wife and two daughters. His first single, \”Matilda\”, was recorded April 27, 1953, and went on to become his first widely released single, which went on his live performances in virtually all live performances. His hit song, \”The Banana Boat Song\”, with its signature lyric \”Day-O\”. He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He starred in several films, including Otto Preminger’s hit musical Carmen Jones, Island in the Sun, and Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow. He has been an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. His music has been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The Link program on August 7, 2012, that was also added to The Link Corporation’s TV show The Link. He appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 8, 2012.
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