Song

Island in the Sun: HARRY BELAFONTE

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Australian singles chart:
Island in the Sun entered the Kent charts on 7 September 1957 and peaked at #9. It was #41 on the Top 100 of 1957.

Album:
The song is on Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean which charted in Australia in 1958.

Songwriters:
Harry Belafonte, Irving Burgie

Record label of Australian release:
RCA

From the YouTube channel: ‘Harry Belafonte’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.
From the YouTube channel: ‘Harry Belafonte Television and Vid’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

BONUS SONGS BELOW – versions recorded in 2017 for Harry’s 90th birthday album

Wikipedia:
Island in the Sun 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.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_in_the_Sun_(Harry_Belafonte_song)

Lyrics

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BONUS SONGS

In 2017, Belafonte released the album When Colors Come Together: The Legacy of Harry Belafonte for his 90th birthday with the intention of fostering racial harmony, which included a new version of Island in the Sun titled When Colors Come Together (Our Island in the Sun) performed by a multi-ethnic children choir.

From the YouTube channel: ‘Harry Belafonte’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.
From the YouTube channel: ‘Harry Belafonte’. BaG is not responsible for the upload of this audio/video to YouTube or its content.

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