... , said, "It’s an impossible problem. The problem here is that so many of these children have (had) severe malnutrition over an extended period that the hope of recovery in physical development and brain growth is gone." Anyone who saw the picture of Harry Belafonte with one of the near-skeleton children will never forget it. For the sponsors of "We Are the World," there will always be the knowledge they have done something of consequence by entering into the suffering of these people, and that will never ...
... . An eccentric comic genius, Freberg left no cultural stone unmocked. In dozens of song parodies and skits, he poked fun at icons, such as the flint-faced Sergeant Joe Friday of Dragnet, and at the more banal expressions of popular taste, such as Harry Belafonte's harmless West Indian ditty, "Day-O -- The Banana Boat Song." One of Freberg's better satirical sendups was an insipid French-language song on the American pop charts called "C'est Si Bon." The original recording featured a chorus of mellow-voiced ...
... the joy that comes from knowing Christ as our Lord and Savior... and knowing that come what may, Christ will be with us and He will deliver us because He has the power to save us from disillusionment, from defeat, and even from death. Some years ago, Harry Belafonte recorded a Christmas carol that says it all. It has these words: “Long time ago in Bethlehem Does the Holy Bible say, Mary’s boy-child Jesus Christ Was born on Christmas Day. Hark now, hear the angels sing. A new king born today And we shall ...
... your ego out of the way. It has often been noted that a cross is no more than a capital “I” crossed-out. Bearing a cross sometimes means no more than eliminating ego from the equation. Some of you will remember in the mid-eighties when Harry Belafonte teamed up with fundraiser Ken Kragen to assemble some of the top names in the recording industry in order to create a hit record and then donate the proceeds to the African famine relief project. Within days pop stars like Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Billy ...
