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Voiceover Actor, Singer, Actor, Coach and Author Rodney Saulsberry narrates this short bio feature on Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927). He is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" making the Caribbean musical style very popular with international audiences in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) is the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Belafonte has won three Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. |
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