stephen: thank you very much, well come back, everybody. my guest tonight is a musical legend whose new book is called my song. which is great because i have a song called my book. please welcome harryafonte. (cheers and applause) lovely to meet you. what a pleasure to you have on. >> what a pleasure to be on, at least, to be on stephen colbert. i can't believe it. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: would you like a moment to drink me in. >> yes. >> stephen: now you're an artist and an activist. your 1956 album call insurance so made you the first-- calypso made you the first art tois sell over a million albums. you have a tony, emmy, national medal of the arts, you were an advisor to the peace corporate, a unicef goodwill ambassador leader of the civil rights and anti-appear die died-- anti-apartheid movements and your new book is called harry belafonte, my song. (cheers and applause) first of all, can we get a shot of that. who-- i got to know, who is your lighting guy because i want him to follow me around wherever i go. that is a fantastic look. you knew everybody. like this book is full of stories of you and martin luther king, sinatra, jfk, railroad rfk. how did you have your f