Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Harry Belafonte NPG x4397

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Dorothy Wilding

Grammy-award winner who popularised Caribbean Calypso music which introduced Jamaican folk music to the United States. Belafont's album 'Calypso' (1956) was the first LP by a solo artist to sell millions of copies. Besides Calypso, Belafonte is well known for other musical genres including blues, folk and gospel, and has released thirty studio albums and eight live albums, making him one of the most successful African-American singers in history. He has starred in several films including the hit musical 'Carmen Jones' (1954). A supporter of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.