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 Odetta performing in 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Odetta Holmes |
| Also known as | Odetta Felious (her stepfather's surname), Odetta Gordon |
| Born | December 31, 1930 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Genre(s) | Folk/traditional Blues Spirituals Country blues Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard |
| Years active | 1944-present |
| Label(s) | Fantasy Records Tradition Recordings Vanguard Records RCA Victor M. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are songs which were created by African slaves in America. Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) refers to all Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a Musical instrument, particularly the piano Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Recording artists David Axelrod The Blackbyrds Dave Brubeck Lenny Bruce Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. C. Records[1] Silverwolf[2] Original Blues Classics |
| Associated acts | Leadbelly, Janis Joplin, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt [3], Harry Belafonte |
| Website | M.C. Records |
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Biography
Early life
She was born in Birmingham, Alabama, grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied music at Los Angeles City College. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Los Angeles City College, known as LACC is a public Community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles California. Having operatic training from the age of 13, her first professional experience was in musical theater in 1944, as an ensemble member for four years with the Hollywood Turnabout Puppet Theatre, working alongside Elsa Lanchester; she later joined the national touring company of the musical Finian's Rainbow in 1949. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (born October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986) was an Oscar -nominated English character Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by EY Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg and music by Burton Lane.
Career beginnings
While on tour with Finian's Rainbow, Odetta "fell in with an enthusiastic group of young balladeers in San Francisco", and after 1950 concentrated on folksinging. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis Tennessee. [1]
She made her name by playing around the United States: at the Blue Angel nightclub (New York City), the hungry i (San Francisco), and Tin Angel (San Francisco), where she and Larry Mohr recorded Odetta and Larry in 1954, for Fantasy Records. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York The hungry i was a legendary San Francisco nightclub operated in the mid-1950s and early 1960s by Enrico Banducci at 599 Jackson Street in the North Beach The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Tin Angel is now the common name for Odetta & Larry 's only album a collection of all their recordings originally released in 1954 as " Odetta And Recording artists David Axelrod The Blackbyrds Dave Brubeck Lenny Bruce
A solo career followed, with Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Odetta at the Gate of Horn (1957). Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is the debut solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1956 Odetta Sings Folk Songs was one of 1963's best-selling folk albums.
In 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. anointed her "The Queen of American folk music",[2] and poet Maya Angelou once said,
| “ | If only one could be sure that every 50 years a voice and a soul like Odetta's would come along, the centuries would pass so quickly and painlessly we would hardly recognize time. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist [3] | ” |
Acting career
Having previous acting experience, Odetta has also acted in several films, notably in Cinerama Holiday (1955), the film of William Faulkner's Sanctuary (1961) and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974). The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Sanctuary is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released
- See Filmography. Odetta (born December 31, 1930) is an African-American singer actress guitarist songwriter and a human rights activist often referred to as "The
1960s - 80s
Broadening her musical scope, Odetta used band arrangements on several albums rather than playing alone, and released music of a more "jazz" style music on albums like Odetta and The Blues (1962) and Odetta (1967). A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Odetta and The Blues is an album by folk singer Odetta, released in 1962 Odetta is the 1967 album by Odetta. It is viewed as one of her most "commercial" (that is aimed at mainstream audiences but it has not subsequently
Odetta only released two new albums in the 20-year period from 1977-1997: Movin' It On and Christmas Spirituals, both in 1987.
Recent years
Beginning in 1998, she began working with new manager, Doug Yeager of Douglas A. Yeager Productions, Ltd. , re-focused her energies on recording and touring and her career took on a major resurgence. The new CD To Ella (recorded live and dedicated to her old friend Ella Fitzgerald upon hearing of her passing before walking on stage),was released in 1998 on Silverwolf Records, followed by three new releases on M. Odetta (Silverwolf album redirects here - other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels are the 1963 compilation Odetta (Everest album; and 1967 album Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential C. Records M. C. Records, which cemented a partnership with pianist/arranger/producer Seth Farber and record producer Mark Carpentieri, including: "Blues Everywhere I Go", a 2000 Grammy Nominated blues/jazz band tribute album to the great lady blues singers of the 1920s and 1930s; Looking for a Home, a 2002 W.C. Handy Award nominated band tribute to Lead Belly; and the 2007 Grammy Nominated Gonna Let It Shine, a live album of gospel and spiritual songs supported by Seth Farber and The Holmes Brothers. is a short film shown only in the Saturn Theater at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster the Blues and its heritage Huddie William Ledbetter, (January 1888 – December 6 1949 was an American folk and Blues Musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing These new recordings and an active world touring schedule created the demand for her guest star appearance on fourteen new albums of other artists (between 1999 and 2006), and the re-release of forty-five old Odetta albums and compilation appearances.
On September 29, 1999, President Bill Clinton presented Odetta with the National Endowment for the Arts' National Medal of the Arts & Humanities. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence In 2004, Odetta was honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington with the "Visionary Award" along with a tribute performance by Tracy Chapman. In 2005, the Library of Congress in Washington honored her with its rare "Living Legend Award" (only the third time ever awarded).
The 2005 documentary film No Direction Home, directed by Martin Scorsese, highlights her musical influence on Bob Dylan, the subject of the documentary. The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper No Direction Home is a Documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The film contains an archive clip of Odetta performing "Waterboy" on TV in 1959, and we also hear Odetta's songs "Muleskinner Blues" and "No More Auction Block for Me". " Waterboy " (aka " The Water Boy " is an American traditional folk song " Blue Yodel #8 " (aka " Mule Skinner Blues " " Muleskinner Blues " and " Muleskinner's Blues " is a classic
In 2006, Odetta opened shows for jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux, and in 2006 she toured the US, Canada, and Europe accompanied by her pianist, which included being presented by the US Embassy in Latvia as the keynote speaker at a Human Rights conference, and also in a concert in the capital city of Riga's historic 1,000 year old Maza Guild Hall. Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974 Athens Georgia) is an American Jazz singer Songwriter, and Guitarist Peyroux (pronounced 'Peru' The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In December, 2006, the Winnipeg Folk Festival honored Odetta with their "Lifetime Achievement Award. " In February, 2007, The International Folk Alliance awarded Odetta as "Traditional Folk Artist of the Year. " On March 24, 2007 a tribute concert to Odetta was presented in Washington, D. C. at the Rachel Schlessinger Theatre by the World Folk Music Association with live performance and video tributes by Pete Seeger, Madeleine Peyroux, Harry Belafonte, Janis Ian, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Josh White, Jr. , Peter, Paul & Mary, Oscar Brand, Tom Rush, Jesse Winchester, Eric Andersen, Wavy Gravy, David Amram, Roger McGuinn, Robert Sims, Carolyn Hester, Donal Leace, Marie Knight, Side By Side, and Laura McGhee (from Scotland).
In 2007, her album "Goin' to Let it Shine" was nominated for a Grammy, and she completed a major Fall Concert Tour in the "Songs of Spirit" show, which included artists from all over the world.
On January 21, 2008, Odetta was the Keynote Speaker at San Diego's Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration, followed by concert performances in San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, and Mill Valley, in addition to being the sole guest for the evening on PBS-TV's "Tavis Smiley Show. "
Influence
Among the many musicians who cite Odetta as a major musical influence have been:
- Janis Joplin - "Janis spent much of her adolescence listening to Odetta, who was also the first person Janis imitated when she started singing". Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from [4]
- Bob Dylan, who said, "The first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major I heard a record of hers [Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues] in a record store, back when you could listen to records right there in the store. Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is the debut solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1956 Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar, a flat-top Gibson. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar . . . [That album was] just something vital and personal. I learned all the songs on that record. It was her first and the songs were- 'Mule Skinner', 'Waterboy', 'Jack of Diamonds', ''Buked and Scorned'. " Blue Yodel #8 " (aka " Mule Skinner Blues " " Muleskinner Blues " and " Muleskinner's Blues " is a classic " Waterboy " (aka " The Water Boy " is an American traditional folk song Jack of Diamonds (aka Jack o' Diamonds and Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play) is a traditional folk Song. "[5]
In 1965, Odetta recorded an album of Dylan covers, Odetta Sings Dylan. Odetta Sings Dylan is the 1965 album by American folk singer Odetta, an entire album of covers of Bob Dylan - Joan Baez said "Odetta was a goddess. Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York) an American Folk singer and Songwriter known Her passion moved me. I learned everything she sang. "[6]
Discography
** denotes Grammy nomination. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences *** denotes Grammy Winner
Studio & live albums:
- 1954 The Tin Angel (with Larry Mohr)
- 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
- 1957 Odetta at the Gate of Horn
- 1959 My Eyes Have Seen
- 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads
- 1960 Odetta At Carnegie Hall (live)
- 1960 Christmas Spirituals
- 1961 Odetta at Carnegie Hall
- 1962 Odetta and The Blues
- 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'
- 1962 Odetta At Town Hall (live)
- 1963 One Grain Of Sand
- 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs **
- 1964 It's A Mighty World
- 1964 Odetta Sings Of Many Things
- 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan
- 1966 Odetta In Japan (live)
- 1967 Odetta
- 1968 Odetta Sings the Blues
- 1970 Odetta Sings
- 1976 Odetta at the Best of Harlem (live) [4]
- 1987 Movin' It On
- 1987 Odetta Sings Christmas Spirituals
- 1998 To Ella (live)
- Also released as Odetta & American Folk Music Pioneer
- 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go **
- 2001 Looking for a Home
- 2002 Women In (E)motion
- 2005 Gonna Let It Shine **
Compilations:
- 1963 Odetta
- 1967 The Best of Odetta
- 1973 The Essential Odetta (live)
- This album is a combination of the Carnegie Hall & Town Hall albums
- 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues
- 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years
- 2000 Livin' with the Blues
- 2000 Absolutely the Best
- 2002 The Tradition Masters
- 2006 Best of the M. The Tin Angel is now the common name for Odetta & Larry 's only album a collection of all their recordings originally released in 1954 as " Odetta And Odetta & Larry was a short-lived Blues - folk duo in the mid-1950s Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is the debut solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1956 Odetta and The Blues is an album by folk singer Odetta, released in 1962 Odetta Sings Dylan is the 1965 album by American folk singer Odetta, an entire album of covers of Bob Dylan Odetta is the 1967 album by Odetta. It is viewed as one of her most "commercial" (that is aimed at mainstream audiences but it has not subsequently Odetta (Silverwolf album redirects here - other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels are the 1963 compilation Odetta (Everest album; and 1967 album Odetta (Silverwolf album redirects here - other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels are the 1963 compilation Odetta (Everest album; and 1967 album Odetta (Silverwolf album redirects here - other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels are the 1963 compilation Odetta (Everest album; and 1967 album Not to be confused with other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels Odetta (Folkways album from 1967 and 2003's Odetta (Silverwolf album. C. Records Years 1999-2005
Albums on which Odetta features:
- 1959 Newport Folk Festival
- 1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte) [5]
Tracks: "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Water Boy", "There's a hole in the bucket" - 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 Harold George Belafonte Jr (born March 1 1927 is an American musician actor and Social activist. Bald Mountain is a ski mountain located in Sun Valley Idaho, USA. " Waterboy " (aka " The Water Boy " is an American traditional folk song " There's a Hole in My Bucket " (or ".in the Bucket " is a children's song along the same lines as " Found a Peanut " 2
- 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy
- 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon
Track: duet on "Lonesome Road. Jimmy Witherspoon ( August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American Blues singer " - 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington ***
Tracks: "Freedom Trilogy": "I’m on My Way", "Come and Go with Me" & "Oh Freedom". Oh Freedom is a post Civil War African American freedom song notably recorded by Odetta as part of the Spiritual Trilogy, on her " - 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1 **
Track:"This Land Is Your Land/Narration" (with Arlo Guthrie & co. " This Land Is Your Land " is one of the United States ' most famous folk songs. Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10 1947 is an American folk singer and Will Geer) - 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. Will Geer ( 9 March 1902 &ndash 22 April 1978) was an American Actor. 2, "Pastures of Plenty"
- 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie
- 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian)
- 1987 Songs of the Working People
- 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties **
Track:"John Henry" - 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival
- 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) **
- 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez)
- 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle
- 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village
- 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas
- 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan)
- 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends]])
- 1997 Mojo Club: V. "Pastures of Plenty" is a 1941 composition by Woody Guthrie. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7 1951 is a Grammy Award -winning American Songwriter, Singer, multi-instrumental Musician Other Voices Other Rooms, Nanci Griffith 's tenth album is unusual in the Singer-songwriter 's catalog in that none of its songs was written by Griffith Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin Texas) is an American Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York) an American Folk singer and Songwriter known David Amram (born November 17 1930) is an American Composer, Musician, conductor, and Writer. 4 Light My Fire
- 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith)
- 1998 Miriam McKeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte)
- 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odetta [6]
- 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
- 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave
- 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s
- 2000 Sounds of a Better World
- 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack **
- 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)
Track: "Waltzing Me All The Way Home" - 2000 Women of Silverworlf
- 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
- 2000 Gospel
- 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes
- 2000 Queens of the Blues
- 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den **
- 2001 Washington Square Memories
- 2001 Jazz Ladies
- 2001 Say Yo' Business
- 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
- 2001 Say It Out Loud
- 2001 Folk Music
- 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling) [7]
- 2002 Blues Treasures
- 2002 This Land Is Your Land
- 2002 Soul & Inspiration
- 2003 Broken Hearted Blues
- 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll
- 2003 In the Wind
- 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music
- 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger
- 2003 Respond II [8]
- 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler
- 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues
- 2003 Best of M. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Hyacinths and Thistles is the second Studio album by The 6ths. The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a three-day festival of Folk music that has been held annually in Schwenksville Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Philadelphia Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American C. Records 1996-2002
- 2003 Let Freedom Sing
- 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival
- 2003 Patriot's Songbook
- 2003 Blue Box of Blues
- 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute
- 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton)
- 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) **
- 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation
- 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends
- 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle
- 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series
Filmography and TV appearances
| Film/programme title | Info | Year |
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| Cinerama Holiday | Film | 1955 |
| Lamp Onto My Feet | TV | 1956 |
| Tonight with Belafonte | TV/Musical Variety | 1959 (Emmy Award) |
| Toast of the Town | TV [9] | 1960 |
| Sanctuary | Drama [10] | 1961 |
| Have Gun — Will Travel episode 159/226: "The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs" |
TV drama[11] | 1961 |
| Les Crane Show | TV/Talk/Variety | 1965 |
| Festival | documentary film [12] | 1967 |
| Live from the Bitter End | TV - Concert | 1967 |
| Clown Town starring Odetta & Bobby Vinton |
NBC Music Special | 1968 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | TV/Talk/Variety | 1969 |
| The Johnny Cash Show | TV/Musical Variety | 1969 |
| The Virginia Graham Show | TV [13] | 1971 |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | TV film | 1974 |
| Soundstage: Just Folks with Odetta, Tom Paxton, Josh White, Jr. The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville Texas. Rosetta Tharpe ( March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was a pioneering Gospel singer songwriter and recording artist who attained James Cotton (born July 1 1935, Tunica, Mississippi) is an American Blues Harmonica player Singer Pinetop Perkins (born Joe Willie Perkins; July 7 1913) is an American Blues Musician. Eric Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is an American acoustic Blues singer/songwriter Harold George Belafonte Jr (born March 1 1927 is an American musician actor and Social activist. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, Sanctuary is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes Have Gun &mdash Will Travel is an American Western Television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963 Les Crane December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and Television Talk show host a pioneer in interactive Festival! is a 1967 Documentary film about the Newport Folk Festival, directed by Murray Lerner. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several Talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various Television networks including The Johnny Cash Show was an American Television Music variety show presented by Johnny Cash. Virginia Graham ( 4 July 1912, Chicago – 22 December 1998, New York City) born Virginia Komiss, was a daytime The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J and Bob Gibson |
TV - Concert Special | 1980 |
| Ramblin': with Odetta | TV - Concert Special | 1981 |
| Chords of Fame | doc. [14] | 1984 |
| Boston Pops with Odetta, Shirley Verrett and Boys Choir of Harlem |
TV - Concert | 1991 |
| Tommy Makem & Friends | TV - Concert | 1992 |
| The Fire Next Time | TV film [15] | 1993 |
| Turnabout The Story of the Yale Puppeteers |
doc. [16] | 1993 |
| Odetta: Woman In (E)motion | German TV - Concert Special | 1995 |
| Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines | TV [17] | 1996 |
| National Medial of Arts and Humanities Presentations | C-Span TV | 1999 |
| The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack | Drama [18] | 2000 |
| 21st Annual W. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO founded four years earlier Thomas 'Tommy' Makem ( November 4, 1932 &ndash August 1, 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality As the world's third largest economy and with the largest Population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence C-SPAN (officially the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an American Cable television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes C. Handy Blues Awards | Awards ceremony[19] | 2000 |
| Songs for a Better World | TV - Concert Special | 2000 |
| Later with Jools Holland with Odetta, and Bill Wyman & His Rhythm Kings |
BBC-TV | 2001 |
| Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher | TV Talk Show | 2001 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | TV/Talk/Variety Show | 2001 |
| Pure Oxygen | TV - Talk Show | 2002 |
| Newport Folk Festival | TV - Concert Special | 2002 |
| Janis Joplin: Pieces of My Heart | BBC-TV Biography Special | 2002 |
| Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest |
doc. [20] | 2003 |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | TV Musical Variety (Re-Broadcast) | 2003 |
| Ralph Bunch: An American Odyssey | PBS-TV Biography | 2003 |
| Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin | PBS-TV Biography | 2003 |
| Visionary Awards Presentation | PBS-TV Award Presentation | 2004 |
| Lightning in a Bottle - Salute to the Blues | doc. [21] | 2004 |
| No Direction Home | doc. | 2005 |
| Talking Bob Dylan Blues | BBC-TV Concert Special | 2005 |
| Odetta: Blues Diva | PBS-TV Concert Special | 2005 |
| Odetta: Viss Notiek | Latvian TV Weekly Journal | 2006 |
| A Tribute to the Teacher of America | PBS-TV Special: Odetta sings a children’s song medley of "Rock Island Line/Here We Go Looptie-Lou/Bring Me Little Water Sylvie" in this tribute concert to teachers at New York’s Town Hall | 2007 |
| TAVIS SMILEY SHOW | PBS-TV Discussion and performance of the song "Keep on Movin' It On" | January 25, 2008 |
| Mountain Stage HD: John Hammond, Odetta, and Jorma Kaukonen | PBS-TV Concert Special | 2008 |
Notes
- ^ Odetta biography, 1956: back cover of "Sings Ballads and Blues"
- ^ Folk Alley radio - about Odetta
- ^ Maya Angelou, Concerted Efforts.
- ^ Janisjoplin.net - page about Odetta's influence on Janis Joplin
- ^ Playboy interview with Bob Dylan, March 1978
- ^ Loder, Kurt (1983). Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary British Music television show hosted by Jools Holland. Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936 was the Bass guitarist for the English Rock and roll band The Rolling Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings are a Blues-rock band founded and lead by former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman. Politically Incorrect was a late-night half-hour political Talk show hosted by Bill Maher that ran from 1993 to 2002 William "Bill" Maher Jr, (ˈmɑɹ born January 20 1956) is an American Stand-up comedian, Television host, Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy Talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 Get Up Stand Up The Story of Pop and Protest is a 2003 made-for-television 6-part documentary directed by Rudi Dolezal Hannes Rossacher and Simon Witter Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Ernest Jennings Ford ( February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991) better known by the Stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality No Direction Home is a Documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality "Joan Baez: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone 4/14/83 (issue # 393)
External links
- Odetta at the All Music Guide Biography
- A page from her current record company, MC Records
- A page from her management company, Concerted Efforts
- Odetta Vanguard Records
- Fan page at Geocities
- Odetta biography and video interview excerpts by The National Visionary Leadership Project
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