Harry Belafonte Quote

The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder to think what these greedy men will eventually do to this true art form.


As quoted in New Musical Express (May 1957), also in NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1992) by John Tobler, p. 40


The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder ...

The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder ...

The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder ...

The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder ...