Odetta

vocals, guitar · 1930–2008 · Birmingham

Singer and guitarist born in Birmingham (Alabama), at the crossroads of folk, blues, jazz and spirituals, nicknamed "the voice of the Civil Rights Movement". She influenced Bob Dylan and Joan Baez; her first solo album, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956), was selected by the National Recording Registry in 2021.

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Styles

• Blues, spirituals, work songs

Landmark tracks

• Easy Rider (1956)
• Another Man Done Gone (1956)
• 'Buked and Scorned (1956)
• Alabama Bound (1956)

Sources

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