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Odetta performed "Waterboy" regularly, and it appears on several of her albums. It is also the song she plays in the film No Direction Home, in a TV performance from the 1960s (which highlighted her influence on Bob Dylan). Harry Belafonte and Odetta - Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) Jimmie Rodgers (1960) Don Shirley Trio (1961)
Belafonte is the second studio album by American recording artist Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in late 1955. [1] The album was the first number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, topping the chart for six weeks before being knocked out of the top spot by Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album, also issued by RCA Victor.
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds)US [1]KOR [2]NLD [3]Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites: Released: 1954; Label: RCA Victor 3 — — ...
Harry Belafonte’s music career started somewhat by accident while he was pursuing his acting ambitions in the late ‘40s. Studying drama at The New School alongside Marlon Brando and Sidney ...
In a rich musical career initially defined by the lilting sounds of calypso, over the course of seven decades, Harry Belafonte — the actor, activist, producer and vocalist who died Tuesday of ...
Harry Belafonte (/ ˌ b ɛ l ə ˈ f ɒ n t i / BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
Odetta Sings Folk Songs was one of the best-selling folk albums of 1963. In 1959 she appeared on Tonight with Belafonte, a nationally televised special. She sang "Water Boy" and a duet with Belafonte, "There's a Hole in My Bucket". [10] In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. called her "The Queen of American Folk Music". [11]
Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with his music and blazed new trails for African American performers, died Tuesday of congestive heart ...