Harry Belafonte's music made 1988's 'Beetlejuice.' Here's how it happened
You can't have "Beetlejuice" without Harry Belafonte. The music from the entertainer, who died Tuesday at 96, is forever intertwined with Tim Burton's 1988 comedy about a couple of ghosts (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who hire a deranged bio-exorcist (Michael Keaton) to rid their home of its new tenants (Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones). Belafonte popularized the Jamaican folk song "Day-O ...
by Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2023
2 minutes
You can't have "Beetlejuice" without Harry Belafonte.
The music from the entertainer, who died Tuesday at 96, is forever intertwined with Tim Burton's 1988 comedy about a couple of ghosts (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who hire a deranged bio-exorcist (Michael Keaton) to rid their
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