{"product_id":"18342-belafonte-harry-the-belafonte-story-signed-1957-picture-book","title":"Belafonte, Harry. (1927 - 2023) The Belafonte Story - Signed 1957 picture-book","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Belafonte Story: The Words, the Music, the Man\u003c\/i\u003e, An Almanac Picture Book, vol. 2, ed. Josi Gameaux (New York: Almanac Publications, Inc., April 1957). 68 p. including covers, 8.5 × 10.75 inches (22 × 27 cm). Three gatherings, pp. 3–66, browned with slightly darker edges, with text and ubiquitous black-and-white photography, engravings, and line drawings; bound with two metal staples, wrapped in glossy color paper cover, back attached to spine by glue; front cover detached with chipped left and right edges, else fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eReplete with references to 30-year-old Belafonte as \"the kid\" and \"the reluctant king of calypso,\" this 68 p. biography, published immediately after his breakthrough album \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCalypso\u003c\/i\u003e, is divided into four sections—The Magic, The Words, The Musical Career, The Man—and copiously decorated with over 100 photographs and illustrations. Front cover, glossy paper, signed in blue ink by Belafonte over color lithograph portrait seated at seaside. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eText of ten calypso songs included, pp. 16–25:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 16. John B. Sail\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 18. Brown Skin Girl\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 18. Bahama Mama\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 19. Pretty Boy\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 20. Hold 'Em Joe\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 21. Mary Ann\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 22. Matilda\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 23. Delia Gone\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 24. Man Smart (Woman Smarter)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ep. 25. Jump in the Line\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eJamaican American singer, film actor, Emmy winer, and civil rights and humanitarian activist, known especially for the calypso hit, \"The Banana Boat Song,\" Belafonte began his career singing pop, folk, and jazz in Harlem and Greenwich Village and later in Las Vegas.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093679526047,"sku":"18342","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/18342_Harry_Belafonte_Story_mag_signed.jpg?v=1722189643","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18342-belafonte-harry-the-belafonte-story-signed-1957-picture-book","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}