The Great Harry Bellafonte

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  1. Maryt Hope

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    Yes, great artist !
     
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    Maryt Hope, Sep 10, 2018
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  4. Hal Pollner

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    Please go to Google and play Harry Belafonte's "Scarlet Ribbons For Her Hair".

    A moving, touching song.

    Hal
     
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    Hal Pollner, Dec 18, 2019
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    It's a lovely song, Hal regardless of who sings it. I've heard several renditions and it never fails to move me.
     
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    Lois Winters, Dec 18, 2019
  6. Yvonne Smith

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    This has been one of my very favorite Harry Belafonte songs for many years !

     
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    Yvonne Smith, Dec 18, 2019
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    This is another one of my favorites, and I had the album that these songs were on. When Robin was little and sat on my lap, I used to sing it to her, and she grew up loving this song, too.

     
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    Yvonne Smith, Dec 18, 2019
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    And this song is also from the same album, “ Love is a Gentle Thing”, and this one is maybe my favorite song of all my Belafonte favorites, although it is hard to make a choice, they are all so great.

     
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    The songs are beautiful as is his voice - perfect match
     
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  10. Hal Pollner

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    This was a fad throughout the 1950s. Belafonte's album "Calypso" was released in 1956, and became very popular, with the songs "Day-O", "Jamaica Farewell", "Island in the Sun", and others.
    He had a historic concert at Carnegie Hall.

    Did any of you like his recordings?

    Hal
     
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  11. Al Amoling

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    he was OK until he started spouting political stuff. I care less now
     
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  12. Yvonne Smith

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    I didn’t care a lot for the calypso music like Day-o, but I liked Jamaica Farewell, and I loved Belafonte’s ballad songs. I used to have the Love is a Gentle Thing album, and he has always been one of my most favorite singers, because he has such a beautiful voice.
    This one is probably my all time favorite Belafonte ballads, Green Grow the Lilacs.

     
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  13. Hal Pollner

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    Yes, Yvonne..."Green Grow The Lilacs" is a beautiful ballad, and is definitely not in the Calypso genre.

    Hal
     
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  14. John Brunner

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    I agree.

    These people come into our system, take our money, then tell us how bad we are.
    Do they have no self-awareness???

    edit to clarify: It's even worse when native-born citizens do it.
     
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  15. Frank Sanoica

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    @Hal Pollner

    Banned in some places, very often played in Chicago area, politically outlawed today: (widely popular then)

     
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    Frank Sanoica, Sep 18, 2020
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