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John say's it's James who started first, James tells the story in reverse. I drag my belt from off me waist, you should have heard dem screaming round de place.
Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: March 1
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Peace Activist
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Harlem
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King of Calypso
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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