Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (1956) #50smusic #vintage #vinyl

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🥺 But I'm sad to say I'm on my way ...
Won't be back for many a day 🥲

"Jamaica Farewell" (1956)
HARRY BELAFONTE
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Harry Belafonte (March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor.

As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which was marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with an international audience in the 1950s.

Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line", and "Jamaica Farewell".

Belafonte 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. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994.

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