In Memoriam: Requiascat in Pace, Harry Belafonte
Today's Mike's Music Morning is dedicated to an amazing artist
Harry Belafonte passed yesterday at the age of 96.
From Wikipedia: Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was a Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
Let’s enjoy some of his gifts to the world:
These next two will be inextricably linked for all-time with “Beetlejuice” for me:
This is a really great song:
So is this:
This one’s playing right now:
Good Day-O from Western Wishes.
Kilgore
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