Islands in the sun harry belafonte biography
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Islands in the sun harry belafonte biography
Island in the Sun (Harry Belafonte song)
Song by Harry Belafonte
"Island in the Sun" is a song written by Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie (Lord Burgess), and performed by Harry Belafonte for the 1957 film Island in the Sun and on his 1957 album Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean.[1]
Background
The song was one of two songs (the other song being "Lead Man Holler") written by Harry Belafonte and Irving Burgie for the 1957 film Island in the Sun, a film on racial tension and interracial romance.
The song serves as the title song sung at the start of the film, which ends with Belafonte walking off to the humming of the song. Belafonte performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on June 9, 1957 to promote the film.[2] It was also released as a single backed with "Cocoanut Woman" in May 1957;[3] both songs charted, and "Island in the Sun" reached No.
30 on the Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores,[4] and No. 42 on Top 100 Sides.