Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, best known for his Calypso hit, ‘Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)’, has passed away. The barrier-breaking artist-activist died of congestive heart ...

NEW YORK — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was ...

- Were Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte friends? - Harry Belafonte's rise from poverty to a global star with a 'rebel heart' THE BANANA Boat Song legend Harry Belafonte has died at 96 years old ...

Harry Belafonte, a calypso-popularizing music legend and tireless civil rights activist, died at 96 of congestive heart failure today (April 25) at his Manhattan home. Belafonte was the world’s first ...

Mention the name Harry Belafonte and lips start to move. “Day-o, d-a-a-a-yo.” Many people believe that simplistic refrain from “The Banana Boat Song,” Belafonte’s first big calypso hit in the mid-’50s ...

It’s a movie with giant snakes and gags. Although calypso music may seem like an odd addition to Beetlejuice, songs like “Banana Boat (Day-O)” fit perfectly with the creepy setting of this 1980s flick ...

The recent death of the gifted Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte at the age of 96 inevitably sparked memories of when his biggest hit "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" swept the globe, including ...

On September 21, 1998, Harry Belafonte spoke about the intersection of music and race and the influence that Paul Robeson had on his career and the Black community as a whole. Interview conducted for ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. The barrier-breaking artist-activist died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home, according to the ...

The barrier-breaking artist-activist died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home, according to the publicist’s statement. Born in Harlem to a Jamaican mother and a father from the French ...