William Dart looks the legacy of the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte (who died 25 April), along with the thoughts of American writer Hanif Abdurraqib on the personal connections that lie under our musical choices.
Music Details
Harry Belafonte, 1954 Photo: Carl Van Lechten/Library of Congress/Public Domain
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: Jamaica Farewell
ALBUM: The Essential Harry Belafonte
COMPOSER: Lord Burgess
LABEL: RCA Legacy
ARTIST: Chocolate Genius
TITLE: Half a Man
ALBUM: Black Music
COMPOSER: Thompson
LABEL: V2
ARTIST: Chocolate Genius
TITLE: Cry
ALBUM: Black Yankee Rock
COMPOSER: Thompson
LABEL: Commotion
ARTIST: Bob Dylan
TITLE: Sugar Baby
ALBUM: Love and Theft
COMPOSER: Love an Theft
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Nina Simone
TITLE: Pirate Jenny
ALBUM: In Concert
COMPOSER: Brecht, Weill
LABEL: Philips
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: Man Piaba
ALBUM: Harry Belafonte: 8 Classic Albums
COMPOSER: Trad, Belafonte
LABEL: Real Gone
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: Abraham, Martin & John
ALBUM: The Essential Harry Belafonte
COMPOSER: di Mucci
LABEL: RCA Legacy
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: Day O
ALBUM: At Carnegie Hall
COMPOSER: Trad
LABEL: RCA
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba
TITLE: My Angel (Malaika)
ALBUM: An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
COMPOSER: William
LABEL: Real Gone
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: The Rose
ALBUM: Loving You is Where I Belong
COMPOSER: McBroom
LABEL: Sony
ARTIST: Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
TITLE: Beat Street
ALBUM: Beat Street, Soundtrack
COMPOSER: Melle Mel
LABEL: Atlantic
ARTIST: Harry Belafonte
TITLE: Kwela (Listen to the Man)
ALBUM: Paradise in Gazankulu
COMPOSER: Holmes, Nkabinda
LABEL: Real Gone
