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The Feld Brothers Present In Person Belafonte featuring Miriam Makeba; A Belafonte Enterprises Inc. Production Produced by Phil Stein

1961ref. 85417Washington DC: U. S. Department of Interior National Park Service Carter Barron Amphitheater 1961. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Single sheet printed on both sides. Good. One sheet 8.5 inches by 11 inches folded in half resulting in four pages. Rare surviving event program. Front page has a large photograph of Harry Belafonte on the left side. Second page first interior page is the programmatic information. The third page second interior page has coming attractions and production staff listing and other venue information. The back page is a full page advertisement for The Woodner Hotel. Harry Belafonte born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1 1927 is an American singer activist and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso 1956 was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is best known for his recordings of "The Banana Boat Song" with its signature "Day-O" lyric "Jump in the Line" and "Jamaica Farewell". He has recorded and performed in many genres including blues folk gospel show tunes and American standards. He has also starred in several films including Carmen Jones 1954 Island in the Sun 1957 and Odds Against Tomorrow 1959. Belafonte has won three Grammy Awards including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. In 1989 he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014 he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Zenzile Miriam Makeba 4 March 1932 - 9 November 2008 nicknamed Mama Africa was a South African singer songwriter actress and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop jazz and world music she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Her vocal talent had been recognized when she was a child and she began singing professionally in the 1950s with the Cuban Brothers the Manhattan Brothers and an all-woman group the Skylarks performing a mixture of jazz traditional African melodies and Western popular music. In 1959 Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back Africa which brought her international attention and led to her performing in Venice London and New York City. In London she met the American singer Harry Belafonte who became a mentor and colleague. She moved to New York City where she became immediately popular and recorded her first solo album in 1960. Makeba's career flourished in the United States and she released several albums and songs her most popular being "Pata Pata" 1967. Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. After apartheid was dismantled in 1990 Makeba returned to South Africa. She continued recording and performing including a 1991 album with Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie and appeared in the 1992 film Sarafina!. Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She brought African music to a Western audience and popularized the world music and Afropop genres. Upon her death former South African President Nelson Mandela said that "her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us." U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Carter Barron Amphitheater unknown

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