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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 25, 2023 13:03:44 GMT -5
Congestive heart failure took the life of legendary actor/singer Harry Belafonte April 25 at the age of 96. Obituary |
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Post by trekkielo on Apr 25, 2023 14:14:48 GMT -5
May Harry Belafonte rest in peace! My all-time favorite songs by and with him are... Mary's Boy Child (1956) #12 Billboard Hot 100, #28 AT40's All Time Christmas Countdown on 12/25/1971 & #1 UK and has since sold over 1.19 million copies there! Banana Boat (Day-O) (1956) #5 Pop Jump in the Line (Shake Senora) (1961) BeetlejuiceI sang this song with my 6th grade class at Franklin Elementary in Redlands, California circa 1985... USA for Africa - We Are the World (1985) #1 AT40 |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Apr 25, 2023 19:45:01 GMT -5
I remember seeing Harry Belafonte perform a live-action musical segment on Sesame Street. I believe the song was "The Coconut Counting Man", which he sang along with Count Von Count (Jerry Nelson) who wore a straw hat and tropical clothes instead of his usual vampire-style attire.
Did "Jump in the Line" ever make the Billboard top 40? I remember that song from the closing scene in Beetlejuice when a young girl celebrated her "A" grade while dancing in mid-air just before the closing credits. I saw that movie in mid-April 1988. Can't believe it was 35 years ago.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 25, 2023 21:46:05 GMT -5
"The Banana Boat Song" was Harry Belafonte's most successful hit-Stan Freberg did a comedic version of it as well.
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