Harry Belafonte

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Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is an African-American musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican ancestry. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the “King of Calypso” for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the “Banana Boat Song”, with its signature lyric “Day-O”. Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. In recent years (as of 2006), he has been a vocal critic of the policies of the Bush Administration.

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1	Mary's Boy Child full track	9,493
2	I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day full track	763
3	The Gifts They Gave full track	507
4	Jump In the Line full track	376
5	The Twelve Days Of Christmas full track	263
6	Marys Boy Child full track	196
7	Jamaica Farewell full track	174
8	Day-O (Banana Boat Song)	122
9	Island In The Sun full track	107
10	Christmas Is Coming full track	89
11	Silent Night full track	85
12	Banana Boat Song (Day-O) full track	72
13	Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) full track	67
14	Matilda	65
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John_Dough_No32 wrote:
October 2009

Day-O, Me-O, My

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TromboneDixie wrote:
October 2009

God how i love this guy.

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AndreAndsuxxx wrote:
September 2009

*0*

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s_e_a wrote:
August 2009

<3

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elcrayon wrote:
August 2009

ey, si me gusta.

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robinbr00tal wrote:
July 2009

MUCHAS MARACAS!

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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
June 2009

MUY BUENA CANCIONES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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greene83 wrote:
April 2009

I loved it when they did this song in beetlejuice

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weiiis wrote:
March 2009

I have a song "Big Bamboo"? I'm not sure where I get this. It was tagged with 'Harry Belafonte' in 'artist' and 'Track 04' in 'title'. I'm not sure, that he is singing this. But it's a good song. It's a not too hard variation. I found lyrics resembling the one I have,but that were more rough. It has a lot of interpretations.

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groovadelic wrote:
March 2009

hurşid yenigün

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AomiArmster wrote:
March 2009

awesome. <3

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whethervain wrote:
March 2009

xx

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harajukudude wrote:
February 2009

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Sheepkeeper wrote:
February 2009

toll dass es solche kuenstler gab geedyup

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gisela-renner wrote:
February 2009

toll, dass bei angelina der text mit anggeben ist

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MIRACLEENETWORK wrote:
February 2009

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UnspokenHero wrote:
February 2009

His music's just too fun :P

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chipmunkilla wrote:
February 2009

ahahah i love this man i love mama look a boo boo ahahah and coconut woman ahahahah oh man i am surprised that there are not more people who listen to this guy

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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
January 2009

He has so much unknown special songs, not even in top tracks list.

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soupking wrote:
January 2009

Shake Shake Shake Senora!!!

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