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Friday Jul 3 | Boston Globe

a How the Beatles Destroyed Rock a na Rolla looks beyond the pop charts

Elijah Wald is a sharp, fair critic eager to right the record on popular music and the idolatry that often shields it from clear analysis.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Beatles, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Rhapsody in Blue, Paul Whiteman, Big-Band, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Jazz, Folk, Black Entertainment

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Gazette.Net

Paxton gets his due

A good way to understand Tom Paxton's legacy is to consider his song "The Last Thing on My Mind." Originally recorded for his 1964 studio debut "Ramblin' Boy," the tune has been covered by more than 50 artists including Judy Collins, Willie Nelson and Harry Belafonte.

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Related Topix: Tom Paxton, Folk, Judy Collins, Black Entertainment, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Reading NAACP Branch celebrates national group's 100 years

The Reading Branch NAACP - which was chartered in 1929 - celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the national organization Friday at a reception at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Second and Washington streets.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro, African-American, Black Entertainment, Folk, Boyertown, PA

Fri Jun 05, 2009

AllHipHop.com

Wyclef Jean Honored By Harry Belafonte

Rapper/producer Wyclef Jean will be in good company on Monday as World Hunger Year honors his commitment to fighting poverty at this year's 2009 WHY-Chapin awards dinner.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk

Fri May 22, 2009

Robert Accettura's Fun With Wordage

The Muppets Turn The World Around

Here's a video of Harry Belafonte's appearance on The Muppet Show. This is generally considered one of the more memorable episodes.

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Related Topix: The Muppets, Black Entertainment, Folk

Wed Apr 29, 2009

National Public Radio

Calypso Fantasies: Beyond Island Shores

The "King of Calypso," Harry Belafonte. NPR.org , April 29, 2009 - The calypsonian of old combined the bawdy wit of a lovelorn English bard with the improvisatory praise instincts of an African griot.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk

Thu Apr 23, 2009

DVD Times

Odds Against Tomorrow

An obvious and substantial influence on Jean-Pierre Melville, the 1959 post-noir Odds Against Tomorrow nonetheless remains one of the more disappointing films of merit from its era.

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Related Topix: Folk, Black Entertainment, The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Film Noir, Crossfire, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Robert Ryan, Thriller, Force of Evil, Soul, New-Age, Body + Soul

Tue Apr 21, 2009

Easton Express-Times

Actor and singer Harry Belafonte to speak at Raritan Valley Community College

Harry Belafonte will speak Friday at Raritan Valley Community College. Actor and social activist Harry Belafonte will speak 8 p.m. Friday at The Paul Robeson Institute for Ethics, Leadership, and Social Justice at Raritan Valley Community College .

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk

Sun Apr 19, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Belafonte's trailblazing celebrity diplomacy

As President Obama's recent European tour showed, public diplomacy is where the action is in international affairs today - leaders and public officials reach out directly to citizens, so that the latter influence governments.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, W., George Bush, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Island in the Sun, Black Entertainment, Folk

Wed Mar 18, 2009

The Providence Phoenix

Various Artists | Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa

Long regarded as the uncoolest of the Caribbean dance rhythms , calypso is undergoing a wave of reappraisal following the release of the London Is the Place for Me compilations, Those wonderful volumes revealed ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk, Music, Entertainment

Wed Mar 04, 2009

Mansfield News Journal

First Amendment Quote of the Day: Harry Belafonte

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk, Opinion

Mon Mar 02, 2009

Springfield News Leader

Celebrity birthdays

March 1: Singer Harry Belafonte is 82. Actor Alan Thicke is 62. Actor-director Ron Howard is 55.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Black Entertainment, Folk, Alan Thicke, CSI, Action TV, Crime TV

Hollywood.com

Harry Belafonte

Multi-talented actor and musician Harry Belafonte was the first black performer to win an Emmy Award and the first recording artist to sell over a million copies of an album, though he was doubtlessly most ...

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Related Topix: Drama, Carmen Jones, Musical Movies, Island in the Sun, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, Science Fiction Movies, Folk, Black Entertainment, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television

Sun Mar 01, 2009

Twincities.com

Celebrity birthdays

Actor Robert Clary is 83. Singer Harry Belafonte is 82. Actor Robert Conrad is 74.

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Related Topix: Robert Clary, Folk, Black Entertainment, Roger Daltrey, Pop/Rock, Alan Thicke, Country, Sweethearts of the Rodeo

The Post Chronicle

The Almanac - March 1

Today is Sunday, March 1, the 60th day of 2009 with 305 to follow. The moon is waning.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Folk, Pop/Rock, Roger Daltrey, Pennsylvania, US News, Offbeat

FindingDulcinea

Happy Birthday, Harry Belafonte, Actor, Singer and Activist

Harry Belafonte's handsome looks and velvety voice, coupled with his talent as an actor and producer, have earned him fame and accolades.

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Related Topix: Drama, Carmen Jones, Activism, Musical Movies, Folk, Black Entertainment, US Navy, US Military, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television

Sat Feb 28, 2009

International Herald Tribune

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 1-7

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 1-7: March 1: Actor Robert Clary is 83.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Hogan's Heroes, Robert Clary, Black Entertainment, Folk

Thu Feb 26, 2009

New York Times

Remembering Odetta, Who Sang of Freedom

Pete Seeger at a memorial service at Riverside Church for Odetta, who died on Dec.

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Related Topix: Folk, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Maya Angelou, Vocal, Black Entertainment, Harlem (New York, NY), Music, Entertainment

TMZ.com

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In the '50s, Harry Belafonte became famous for songs like "Banana Boat Song" and for starring in movies like "Carmen Jones" with Dorothy Dandridge.

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Related Topix: Drama, Carmen Jones, Musical Movies, Black Entertainment, Folk

Wed Feb 18, 2009

Arkansas Online

Simone, music director in perfect ...

Al Schackman was the musical director for singer Nina Simone from 1957 until her death in 2003.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Nina Simone, Jazz, Folk, Dinah Washington, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arkansas

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