You can’t have “Beetlejuice” without Harry Belafonte. ‘The question is: Where is the raised voice of Black America? Why are we mute?’ Harry Belafonte asked artists in 2013 while receiving an Image ...

Harry Belafonte couldn't quite put his finger on what made his music so good, and despite being the "King of Calypso," transcending genres and racial barriers throughout his career, he remained ...

Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid- ...

Famed Calypso singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who served in the Navy during World War II, died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Belafonte, whose repertoire of hit songs includes “Jump in ...

Northern Irish Indie-rock trio ASH, consisting of Tim Wheeler, Mark Hamilton, and Rick McMurray, return with a vibrant new single, offering their energetic take on Harry Belafonte’s 1961 classic, ...

The Jamaican-American singer-songwriter and activist became the first Black person to win an Emmy Award in 1960 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

HARRY BELAFONTE was a unique presence in 20th-century popular culture. He was simultaneously an outspoken left-wing firebrand, a key figure in the civil-rights movement and a beloved mainstream ...

Harry Belafonte, the effortlessly graceful singer credited with popularizing calypso in the U.S. in the 1950s who then marched at the forefront of the country’s civil rights struggle for half a ...