My Song - A Memoir of Art, Race and Defiance

Informationen zum Autor Harry Belafonte 's 1956 album Calypso made him the first artist in history to sell more than one million LPs. He won both a Tony award and an Emmy, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. He served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the performing arts. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in December 2022 and died in April 2023. Michael Shnayerson is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Klappentext Harry Belafonte's 1956 album Calypso made him the first artist in history to sell more than one million LPs. He has won both a Tony award and an Emmy, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. He has served a a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the performing arts. He currently resides in New York City with his wife, Pamela. Michael Shnayerson is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte Zusammenfassung Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte

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Harry Belafonte's 1956 album Calypso made him the first artist in history to sell more than one million LPs. He won both a Tony award and an Emmy, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. He served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the performing arts. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in December 2022 and died in April 2023.

Michael Shnayerson is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.

Product details

• Authors: Belafont, Harr Belafonte, Harry Belafonte, Schnayerson, Michael Schnayerson, Michael Shnayerson
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2012
• EAN: 9780857865861
• ISBN: 978-0-85786-586-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 216 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Folk & traditional music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Civil rights & citizenship, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Civics and citizenship, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music