• Odetta's discography is large and diverse, covering over 50 years and many record labels. ** denotes Grammy nomination. *** denotes Grammy Winner 1954...
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    Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement"...
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  • Odetta at Town Hall is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, recorded at Town Hall, New York, NY. At this time, Odetta was at the height of her...
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  • Odetta & Larry was a short-lived blues-folk duo in the mid-1950s. It consisted of Odetta and Lawrence B. Mohr, the former of whom became the more well...
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  • opened by journalist Les Brown and Albert Grossman in 1956. It was where Odetta, Bob Gibson, Roger McGuinn and others made their name. Also appearing at...
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  • Margaret Leng Tan. The album also features an improbable duet of singer Odetta accompanied by Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler on accordion. "Falling...
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    produced by Burnett, the album includes songs made famous by Patsy Cline, Odetta, Dolly Parton, and Nina Simone, among others. The Wall Street Journal said...
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    As a child, Ian admired the work of folk musicians such as Joan Baez and Odetta. Starting with piano lessons at the age of two (at her own insistence),...
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  • recorded by Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Odetta, Les Paul, The Kingston Trio (who also recorded their song "The Tijuana...
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  • Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down) (category Odetta songs)
    Vol. 1) The Soul Stirrers – "Glory, Glory Hallelujah" (1948) Odetta – "Glory, Glory" (Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, 1956) The Big 3 – "Glory, Glory" (Live...
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    stories he relates before answering the simplest of questions. Folk singer Odetta claimed that her mother gave him the name, remarking, "Oh, Jack Elliott...
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    This article presents the discography of American musician, singer, actor, and social activist, Harry Belafonte (1927–2023). Global Carnival (VHS, 1988)...
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    Soundstage: Just Folks with Odetta, Josh White Jr. and Bob Gibson (1980) Chords of Fame (1984) Folk City: 25th Anniversary Concert with Odetta, Joan Baez, Eric Andersen...
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  • Weavers 1951 Odetta & Larry The Tin Angel 1954 Cisco Houston Hard Travellin 1954 Homer and Jethro "Barefoot Ballads" 1957 Jimmy Rogers 1960 Odetta At the Town...
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  • “The Home of Donal Leace”. He performed with John Denver, Nina Simone, Odetta, Judy Collins, Muddy Waters, Ramsey Lewis, The Staple Singers, The Chad...
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  • Jack of Diamonds (song) (category Odetta songs)
    Jack o' Diamonds: 1949 Recordings, released 2004) John Jacob Niles Odetta (on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, 1956) Lonnie Donegan released it as a single...
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  • Folksinger Odetta released the song under the title "The Gallows Pole" on her third album At the Gate of Horn in 1957 and on her live album Odetta at Carnegie...
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  • 1950s and early 1960s, developing friendships with the younger folk set of Odetta, Bob Gibson, Erik Darling, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Josh White Jr.[citation...
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    Vermont's First 400 Years "All My Trials" — Beautiful Star – The Songs of Odetta "Alight" 2013 Round Mountain The Goat "Even Then" The Bengsons Hundred Days...
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    audience while telling stories of her past inspirations, including those of Odetta and Aretha Franklin. The production transferred to Broadway, then went on...
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  • McCurdy, Oscar Brand, and Jean Ritchie. Tradition also produced Odetta's first solo LP, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, which Bob Dylan (a friend of the Clancys)...
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  • influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Odetta, Joan Baez, Burl Ives, Peter, Paul and Mary and Bob Dylan, among others...
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  • with Zoot Sims (1956) With Odetta Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' (RCA Victor, 1962) Odetta and the Blues (Riverside, 1962) Odetta Sings the Blues (Riverside...
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  • position at the YWCA. She invited guests from diverse cultures, including Odetta and Big Bill Broonzy, to share their music's rhythms on her show. In 1956...
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  • Clifford Jordan Cat Stevens Chad Mitchell Trio Gordon Lightfoot Ian & Sylvia Odetta Mamas & Papas Malvina Reynolds Harold Mabern Carmen McRae Tom Rush Tom Paxton...
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    Theatre Company Gwen Verdon 1999 Irene Diamond Aretha Franklin Michael Graves Odetta Juilliard School Norman Lear Rosetta LeNoire Harvey Lichtenstein Lydia Mendoza...
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    songs most readily associated with the "First Lady of Song". Folk singer Odetta's album To Ella (1998) is dedicated to Fitzgerald, but features no songs...
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    1987) With Chely Wright Woman in the Moon (Mercury Records, 1994) With Odetta Odetta Sings (Polydor Records, 1970) With Laura Nyro Christmas and the Beads...
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    Seeger and the Egan-Ivers Band (1994) – WMHT/PBS Tommy Makem in Concert With Odetta and The Barra MacNeils (1994) – WMHT/PBS Tommy Makem's Ireland (1994) –...
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    shared the stage with Clancy, Tom Paxton, Shane MacGowan and Odetta. This was Odetta's last filmed performance before her death. This was also Liam Clancy's...
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