Here is a video my husband and I absolutely love from the Muppet Show. It's from 1979 (the year we were born!) and features Harry Belafonte, a truly inspirational artist...I've already emailed Barack to ask him to PLEASE have Harry Belafonte as a guest at the inauguration to sing this beautiful song. The message is simple: We all live here on earth and thrive on the same elements of sun (fire), water and earth. Included in these elements of living is knowing who each other is to "turn the world around." It is such a simple, yet powerful message to us all...He also performed it at Jim Henson's funeral and apparently brought the house down:
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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I love Harry too. I read this on wikipedia..thought id copy and paste..
Belafonte was the first black man to win an Emmy, with his first solo TV special Tonight with Belafonte (1959). During the 1960s he appeared in a number of TV specials, alongside such artists as Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, Lena Horne, and Nana Mouskouri. He was also a guest star on a memorable episode of The Muppet Show in 1978, in which he sang his signature song "Day-O" on television for the very first time. However, the episode is best known for Belafonte singing the spiritual song, "Turn the World Around", that is performed with Muppets designed like African tribal masks. It has become one of the most famous performances in the series. It was reported to be Jim Henson's favorite episode, and Belafonte did a reprise of the song at Henson's funeral in 1990.
"Turn the World Around" was also included in the 2005 official hymnal supplement of the Unitarian Universalist Association, "Singing the Journey"[9]. Harry Belafonte received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994 and he won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in globally through the 1950s to the 2000s. He gave his last concert in 2003, and in a 2007 interview stated that he has since retired from performing.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte
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