Harry Belafonte - Calypso Music & Civil Rights Legend signed photo 10x8 AFTAL COA

Harry Belafonte - Calypso Music & Civil Rights Legend signed photo 10x8". A striking portrait of a young Belafonte, signed clearly to bottom left.

Belafonte popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. He was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child".

Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson to be a mentor. Belafonte was also a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

This signed item comes with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) from an AFTAL approved dealer.