Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2023)

Harry Belafonte 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.

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 305 days remain until the end of the year.