John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892 – March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers...
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by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles. The hymn has its origins in a song fragment collected by Niles on July 16, 1933. While in the town...
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John Niles may refer to: John Milton Niles (1787–1856), American lawyer and politician John Jacob Niles (1892–1980), American composer and singer John...
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collected by folklorist John Jacob Niles in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in June 1934 (from an "old lady with a gray hat", who according to Niles's notes insisted on...
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album Blues, Rags and Hollers, under the title "Hangman." Folk singer John Jacob Niles recorded the song at least twice: On March 25, 1940, as "The Maid Freed...
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Guthrie, Huddie Ledbetter (better known as "Leadbelly"), Burl Ives, John Jacob Niles, and Frank M. Warner. During the same period, Todd met Robert Sonkin...
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Roots Music. University of North Carolina Press. John Jacob Niles, The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960...
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established took custody of her images. Allen Eaton, John Jacob Niles, Olive Dame Campbell (of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina)...
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Clancy Grandchildren: So Early in the Morning 1960 – John Jacob Niles: An Evening with John Jacob-Niles 1960 – Theodore Alevizos: Songs of Greece 1961 – The...
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arranged in modern English by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Nicholas Maw, John Jacob Niles and John Rutter, among others. It has been recorded by artists including...
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Big Bill Broonzy, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Oscar Brand, Jean Ritchie, John Jacob Niles, Susan Reed, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Cisco Houston...
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Freebody Park, included Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, the Kingston Trio, John Jacob Niles, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Odetta, The New Lost City Ramblers...
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(African American) Cole Porter (for a few months in 1920) (Indiana) John Jacob Niles (Kentucky) Dulce María Serret[citation needed] Erik Satie (as a mature...
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cycle is as follows: "Black Is the Colour" (John Jacob Niles, USA) "I Wonder as I Wander" (John Jacob Niles, USA) "Loosin yelav" (Armenia) "Rossignolet...
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Waters Bob Dylan – "Tambourine Man" Bobby Vee John Jacob Niles Odetta The Clancy Brothers Woody Guthrie – John Henry's Hammer Woody Guthrie – "They Laid Jesus...
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1999) Kate & Anna McGarrigle – The McGarrigle Christmas Hour (2005) John Jacob Niles – An Evening with (remastered 2006) Great Big Sea – RedEye Holiday...
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that is no longer available. They have released home recordings by John Jacob Niles, an album of Turkish wedding music by Cüneyt Sepetçi and Orchestra...
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Villa-Lobos) – 6:32 "Go 'Way from My Window" (Traditional, arranged John Jacob Niles) – 2:10 "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 3:10 "When...
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William". Ibiblio. Retrieved 16 January 2013. Niles, John Jacob (1961). The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles. Bramhall House, New York. pp. 159–161, 194–197...
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a tape recorder. Folk musicians such as Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, John Jacob Niles, and others were frequent guests in the Seeger home. In 1958 he co-founded...
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Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:03 "I Wonder as I Wander" (John Jacob Niles) - 3:57 "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" - instrumental - 0:38 "Down...
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1035: Lightnin' Hopkins: Country Blues 1959 TLP 1036: John Jacob Niles: An Evening with John Jacob Niles 1959 TLP 1037: Theodore Alevizos: Songs of Greece...
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Nicomuhly.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015. Niles, John Jacob (1961). The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles – John Jacob Niles – Google Books. University Press of...
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320–326. ISBN 9781428602410. Niles, John Jacob (2000). "King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France". The ballad book of John Jacob Niles. University Press of Kentucky...
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"I'm Looking out the Window" is a ballad written by Don Raye and John Jacob Niles. Peggy Lee first recorded the song as a B-side for her 1959 single "Hallelujah...
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Tradition Folk Music Database: Medieval version Niles, John Jacob (1960). The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-22716-2...
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politician John Jacob Niles (1892–1980), American composer and singer John Niles (scholar), American scholar of Old English literature Ken Niles, American...
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Scottish Popular Ballads, Vols. 1–4. In 1960 John Jacob Niles published The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, in which he connects folk songs which he collected...
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the Color of My True Love's Hair" Traditional; arranged by John Jacob Niles 2:33 7. "Danger Waters (Hold Me Tight)" Jacob Browne, Arthur S. Alberts 3:16...
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other was written by the Kentucky folk singer and composer John Jacob Niles by 1941. Niles recalled that his father thought the traditional melody was...
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