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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.
He was the composer of many calypsos, several of which later became standards through popular recordings by Harry Belafonte such as "Matilda", [3] "Man Smart, Woman Smarter", [4] and "Brown Skin Girl". [5]
"Brown Skin Girl" (stylized in uppercase) is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé, her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, Guyanese-American rapper Saint Jhn, and Nigerian singer Wizkid. Produced by P2J and Beyoncé, it is taken from the 2019 soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift .
Calypso is the third studio album by recording artist Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM-1248) in 1956. The album became his second consecutive number-one album on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, where it peaked for 31 weeks.
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Jenn Nkiru is a Nigerian-British artist and director. She is known for directing the music video for Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl" and for being the second unit director of Ricky Saiz’s video for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, "APESHIT" which was released in 2018. [1]
The Belafonte Folk Singers won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording at the 4th Annual Grammy Awards for their 1961 album Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad. [1] Two other albums on which they appeared won the same award: the 1960 Harry Belafonte album Swing Dat Hammer [2] and the 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. [3]
An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends is the final album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1997. [2] The album is the soundtrack of a concert, televised by PBS in March 1997. It was also released as a concert video. In 2003 the concert video was also released on DVD.