*For Tim Reid, one of the most valuable lessons of his decades-long career didn’t come from a film set or television studio.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Recording Academy has selected “Deliver,” written by Iman Jordan (performer), Roy Gartrell, Tam Jones, and Ariel Loh—as the ...

Visitors to The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook can now explore the remarkable life and career of one of America’s most influential entertainers and activists through a new exhibit dedicated to Harry ...

Harry Belafonte used his time on this earth to produce amazing tunes and fight for what was right. He was a calypso music icon, one with seven Top 10 albums in the US (and 15 Top 40 albums). He ...

The NYC native was the one of the first Black artists to achieve widespread commercial success in the US, and while he was raised Catholic, his life frequently dovetailed with Jewish causes.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is the author of the books Island People, Names of New York and a forthcoming book on Harry Belafonte, part of Penguin Press' Significations series edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- It was a celebration inside the Riverside Church. The rhythm of African drummers set the tone for an outpouring of tributes to the legendary Harry Belafonte.

RAYE's "Ice Cream Man." is the recipient of the Recording Academy's 2026 Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award. The award will be presented at the Special Merit Awards ceremony on Saturday ...

Spotlighted in Los Angeles’ Cocoanut Grove nightclub, cocking an ear to the tinkle of glasses, stood a tall (6 ft. 2½ in.) Negro in an open-necked shirt. Suddenly he cut loose with a high, pained call ...

A local band is releasing a holiday album on vinyl 10 years after recording it. The Harry Bells say the release pays tribute to a founding member who died from blood cancer. Percussionist Josh Kay ...

Editor’s note: If you have watched the Netflix docu The Greatest Night in Pop, you saw the 40 biggest singers of the ’80s break into a spontaneous chorus of “Day-O” in tribute to Harry Belafonte for ...