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Harold George Belafonte, meglio noto come Harry Belafonte (New York, 1° marzo 1927), è un musicista, attore e attivista dei diritti civili statunitense. Fu soprannonimato “Re del Calipso” per aver reso popolare la musica caraibica negli anni ’50: uno dei suoi brani piú celebri è «Banana Boat Song». Per tutto l’arco della sua carriera, Belafonte si è battuto a favore di cause legate ai diritti umani e umanitarie. Negli ultimi anni è stato fra i critici piú decisi dell’amministrazione Bush. Nato a New York nel 1927 si trasferisce con sua madre a Aboukir nel 1935, un villaggio della Giamaica, terra...

Born in 1961, London, England. Fontaine began her career in her early teens, initially providing backing vocals on various recording sessions. She joined a number of lovers rock trios, including Mellow Rose, One Love and True Harmony, before emerging as a soloist. In 1981 she recorded her version of Bloodstone's classic R&B ballad, "Natural High", with producer Junior Boothe. The song became a popular lovers rock hit and was licensed to a major label, although with little success, and the follow-up, "Not A Little Girl Any More", failed to make any impact. Fontaine continued in session work, providing backing vocals...

Singer and composer Philippe Lafontaine was born on May 24, 1955 in Gosselies, Belgium. Lafontaine spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials (including Stella Artois and Coca Cola. Throughout the 1980s he joined the musical comedy "Brel en mille temps", touring in Dakar, Moscow, and Leningrad, and he released three albums. The song "Coeur de Loup" was his first big hit and launched his career once and for all in Europe. The song garnered...