My Lord What a Mornin' is an album of spirituals sung by Harry Belafonte and released by RCA Victor in 1960. The album was reissued in 1995 with additional bonus tracks. My Lord What a Mornin' is an album of spirituals sung by Harry Belafonte and released by RCA Victor in 1960. The album was reissued in 1995 with additional bonus tracks. false 2025-11-08 01:13:45 My Lord What a Mornin’ 1995 1995-01-01 1995-01-01 57 Folk;Gospel 120339 2165094 83a21c3c-d603-4e71-ac3e-9b4abecbdaf3 49c48b7f-1ff1-4f02-a1aa-ca1254b46ef2 365e94bb-99d7-342c-bea5-93e3054d912a /media/data/media5/Music/Harry Belafonte/My Lord What a Mornin’ (1960)/folder.jpg Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte 1 1 Wake Up Jacob 01:55 1 2 My Lord What a Mornin’ 04:28 1 3 Ezekiel 03:41 1 4 Buked and Scorned 04:45 1 5 Stars Shinin’ (By ’n By) 01:38 1 6 Oh Freedom 03:22 1 7 Were You There When They Crucified My Lord 04:38 1 8 Oh Let Me Fly 02:11 1 9 Swing Low 04:02 1 10 March Down to Jordan 03:28 1 11 Steal Away 03:47 1 12 All My Trials 04:04 1 13 Michael Row the Boat Ashore 03:59 1 14 Go Down Emanuel Road 03:12 1 15 In My Fathers House 03:37 1 16 Goin’ Down Jordan 03:38 Harry Belafonte ( BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final feature film appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson to be a mentor. Belafonte was also a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. He was also a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. He is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category.