Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte)
1957 · Work
UK No. 1 single by Harry Belafonte, reaching the top of the chart on 22 November 1957 and spending 7 weeks at number one.
On these timelines: UK No. 1 Singles, UK Popular Music, Master
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Around 1957
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- She Loves You (The Beatles) (1963)
- Watson and Crick discover DNA structure (1953)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) (1963)