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Persons in alphabetical order by last name H |
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| Yosef Hadar | |
| Composer of: "Erev Shel Shoshanim" | |
| R. Haggart | |
| Bass on "A Roving", "Chimney Smoke" | |
| Al Haig | |
| Piano on "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "The Night Has A 1000 Eyes" | |
| Jester Hairston | |
| Composer of: "Amen", "Mary's Boy Child" | |
| Edwin Haldman | |
| Composer of: "Lean On Me" | |
| John Haliburton | |
| Trombone on "Baby Darlin'", "Hello Everybody","Man Smart #3", "Matilda #2", "Scarlet Ribbons #1", "Troubles", "Waterboy" | |
| Al Hall | |
| Bass on "Brown Skin Girl", "Come back Liza", "Dolly Dawn", "I Do Adore Her", "Jamaica Farewell", "Melda Massi", | |
| Dickson Hall | |
| Composer of: "Custer's Last Stand" | |
| James Hall | |
| Guitar on "Baby Darlin'", "Hello Everybody", "Man Smart #3", "Matilda #2", "Scarlet Ribbons #1", "Troubles", "Waterboy" | |
| LaTanya Hall |
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| Vocalist and keyboard. Appeared with Harry Belafonte on the 1995 European Tour where she sang "Skin to Skin" and "A Hole In The Bucket" partly in the German language. Also on the album "An Evening With Belafonte And Friends" | |
| F. Hamilton | |
| Drums on "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Noah", "Sylvie" | |
| Robert Hamlin | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home" | |
| Marvin Hamlisch | |
| Composer of: "And I Love You So" | |
| Dennis Hammond | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. | |
| Otto Harbach | |
| Composer of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", | |
| Stephen Harbachick | |
| Vocal chorus on "Angelique-O", "Cocoanut Woman", "Cordelia Brown", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Haiti Cherie", "Island in the Sun", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Scratch, Scratch", | |
| John Hardy | |
| Composer of: "Love, Love Alone" | |
| Bob Haring Jr. |
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info is from a concert program around 1960: Librarian and copyist of all Harry Belafonte's enterprises, films, recordings, TV and concerts, attended Cornell University where he majored in Agriculture. At Cornell he played the piano in various dance bands and since then music has been his chief interest. He was accompanist at all of Belafonte's rehearsals and recording sessions. His musical training was the Schillinger Method. His father was a conductor and arranger for radio and recordings, and his wife, the former Judy Lang was a singer. Performs on the 1957 recording of "Fifteen", "Hava Nageela #2", "How Green Was My Valley", "I'm Going Away", "Judy Drownded", "Lead Man Holler", "The Lord is My Shepherd", "Love Love Alone", "Lucy's Door", "When The Saints Go Marching In" |
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| Jay Harnick | |
| Vocals on "Delia", "The Drummer And The Cook #1", "The Fox", | |
| Lee Harper | |
| Member of the DeCormier Singers. | |
| Carson Harris |
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| Tour company manager around 1960. | |
| Hilda Harris | |
| Vocals. Appears on "Turn the World Around" | |
| P. Hart | |
| Composer of: "Little Bernadette" | |
| Demetrius Harvey | |
| Sings "Try To Remember" with Belafonte on EMI 252723 | |
| Bob Harter | |
| Vocalist (Bass). Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers , the DeCormier Singers and The Seafarers Chorus . The only solo album I have found is "The Bob Harter Songbag" - Liberty LRP3330 (mono) LST7330 (stereo) from February 1964. | |
| Raymond Hatton | |
| Composer of "Gomen Nasai" | |
| Graham Hawthorne |
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| Drums. Appeared with Harry Belafonte on the 1998 European Tour. | |
| Lee
Hayes (?-1981) |
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| Member of the Almanac Singers and later the
Weavers. He co-authored "If I Had a Hammer" and "Wasn’t That a Time", which
became the title of the Weaver’s biographical film (see movies). He died in 1981
during the editing of this film. His biography, "Lonesome Traveler" (Doris
Willens, Norton Publishing) was published in 1987, and takes its name from one
of his songs. Composer of: "Talkin' and Signifyin'", "Times Are Gettin' Hard" |
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| Marvin Hayes Jr | |
| Vocal chorus on "Angelique-O", "Cocoanut Woman", "Cordelia Brown", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Haiti Cherie", "Island in the Sun", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Scratch, Scratch", | |
| Dennis Haysbert | |
| Performs in the movie "Grambling's White Tiger" | |
| Lennie Hayton | |
| Musical director on LSP2019 | |
| Tom Head |
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| Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers (baritone). A veteran of some 500 concerts covering most of the United States and Canada, for Columbia Concerts and NCAC Civic Concerts, his numerous television credits include: the Max Liebman Spectaculars and the "Martha Raye Show". Tom has an equally extensive list of summer stock credits, including two seasons at Jones Beach in New York and leading roles in the Milwaukee Operetta Company. New York opera lovers have seen Tom at the City Center in "Simon Boccanegra", "Falstaff", "Cosi Fan Tutte", "Rigoletto", "Carmen", "Faust", "La Traviate", "La Boheme" and the American Premiere of "Don Pedro". | |
| Clifford Heather | |
| Trombone on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Pretty As A Rainbow" | |
| Hedge & Donna |
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| Appeared with Belafonte on the 1969 tour at O'Keefe Center. | |
| Fred
Hellerman (May 5, 1927 - ) |
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| One member of the Weavers, later a solo performer (guitar, vocal) and composer of (mainly together with Fran Minkoff): "The Borning Day", "Chickens", "Come Away Melinda", "The First Day Of Forever", "The Honey Wind Blows", "I Know Where I'm Going", "In The Beginning", "Long About Now", "Our Time For Loving", "Portrait Of A Sunday Afternoon", "Quiet Room", "Sailor Man". Also with Odetta on VSD2057. | |
| Robert Henson |
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| Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers (tenor). Robert, a graduate of the University of Akron, Ohio, was a singing member of that city's local radio station WADC, starring in his own show, "Bob Henson Sings". New Yorkers have heard him on the airwaves in recital programs over WNYC and WLIB. He has toured with the De Paur Infantry Chorus and the De Paur Opera Gala in Japan, Hawaii and the Far East, and he has appeared at the New York City Center and on Broadway in "Too Late the Phalarope". Among his TV credits are, the "Nat King Cole Show", the Bell Telephone Hour, Ed Sullivan Shows, "The Steve Allen Show", "Salute To The American Theatre", and "Green Pastures". Robert was an assistant musical director of The Belafonte Folk Singers around 1960. Also on "The Long Road To Freedom". | |
| Sonny Henry | |
| Performed with Belafonte 1969 at the O'Keefe Center | |
| Hep Stars |
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| A Swedish group that recorded "Island In The Sun" a long time ago. | |
| James Herald | |
| Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers in 1967. | |
| Maurice Herschaft | |
| Violin on "A Roving", "Chimney Smoke", "Man Piaba", "Mo Mary", | |
| Jasha Herzog | |
| Violin on "Acorn In The Meadow", "Hold'em Joe", "I'm Just A Country Boy", "Pretty As A Rainbow" | |
| Peggy Hewitt | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. | |
| Lillian Heyman | |
| Performs on the album "The Long Road To Freedom" | |
| Thomas Heywood | |
| Composer of: "A Roving", | |
| Hal S. Hidey | |
| Piano on "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma #1", "The Drummer And The Cook", "Eden Was Just Like This", "Hava Nageela #1", "Jamaica Farewell", "Mary's Boy Child", "Merci Bon Dieu", "Once Was", "When The Saints Go Marching In" | |
| Milton Hinton | |
| Bass on "Day-O #1", "Hosanna", "Jack-Ass Song", "Suzanne #2", "Star-O", "Unchained Melody", "Will His Love Be Like His Rum" | |
| Elijah Hodges | |
| Member of The Seafarers Chorus | |
| Dick Holler | |
| Composer of: "Abraham, Martin And John", | |
| Charlotte Holloman | |
| Vocals on "Hosanna", "Jack-Ass Song", "Will His Love Be Like His Rum" | |
| Jake Holmes | |
| Vocals on "Paradise In Gazankulu", composer of "Amandla", "Capetown", "Did You Know", "Genuine Imitation Life", "Global Carnival", "Her Song", "I Don't Need Her", "I Told You", "Kwela", "Martin Luther King", "Monday To Monday", "Move It", "Paradise In Gazankulu", "The Paris Song", "Sisiwami", "Skin To Skin", "So Close", "We Are The Wave", "We Make Love", | |
| Noah Hopkins | |
| Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers | |
| Lena Horne | |
| Vocalist. Appears with Belafonte on the album "Porgy And Bess" and PRS295. | |
| Robert Horton | |
| Appears with Harry Belafonte in the movie "Bright Road". | |
| Francis L. Howard | |
| Trombone on "The Drummer And The Cook #2", "Hava Nageela #1", "Jamaica Farewell", "Once Was", | |
| Jim Hunter | |
| Performed with Belafonte 1969 at the O'Keefe Center | |
| Ralph Hunter |
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| Musical conductor and arranger. Appeared on the 1960 tours. Orchestra on LSP2388. His talents range from piano and organ to string bass, tuba and other instruments | |
| Rhetta Hughes |
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| Vocalist, appeared with Harry Belafonte on the 1976 European Tour. Lives and works in Amsterdam. | |
| LeVern Hutcherson | |
| In the motion picture Carmen Jones, Harry Belafonte's voice was replaced by LeVern Hutcherson during the songs. | |
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Updated:
07-maj-2009 |
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