"Jump in the Line" is a Calypso song, originally by Lord Kitchener, but with the most well-known version being this cover by Harry Belafonte, originally off his album Jump Up Calypso.
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"Jump in the Line" is a Calypso song, originally by Lord Kitchener, but with the most well-known version being this cover by Harry Belafont… read more
"Jump in the Line" is a Calypso song, originally by Lord Kitchener, but with the most well-known version being this cover by Harry Belafonte, originally off his album Jump Up Calypso.
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Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 March 1927; died 25 April 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which was marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso, released in 1956, was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughou… read more
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 March 1927; died 25 April 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbe… read more
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 March 1927; died 25 April 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican … read more