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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show • 2020

�� Suzanne takes you down ♪ To a place by the river ♪ You could hear
the boats go by ♪ ♪ You can spend the
night forever ♪ When Leon Bibb came on,
I suggested to him that he sing that song and it blew everybody away

Full Transcript

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♪ Suzanne takes you down

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♪ To a place by the river

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♪ You could hear the boats go by ♪

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♪ You can spend the night forever ♪

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When Leon Bibb came on, I suggested to him

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that he sing that song

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and it blew everybody away.

Duration

17 seconds

Views

Timestamp in Movie

00:48:52

Uploaded

Jun 04, 2025

Genres

documentary, history

Production

N/A

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Movie Summary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.