Odetta Sings Folk Songs
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Odetta Sings Folk Songs is an album by American
folk singer
Odetta
, first released in 1963. It was her second release on her new label, RCA Victor and is out of print. It peaked at number 75 on the Billboard
Pop Albums charts.
United States
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folk singer
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
Odetta
Odetta
Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
, first released in 1963. It was her second release on her new label, RCA Victor and is out of print. It peaked at number 75 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Pop Albums charts.
Track listing
- "900 Miles" – 3:10
- "Blowin' in the WindBlowin' in the Wind"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...
" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 4:09 - "Maybe She Go" – 1:54
- "I Never Will Marry" – 1:55
- "Yes I See" – 2:53
- "Why'n Oh Why" – 2:05
- "ShenandoahOh Shenandoah"Oh Shenandoah" is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century...
" – 3:46 - "The Golden Vanity" – 4:02
- "RobertaAlberta (blues)-Lead Belly song:Lead Belly recorded a song "Alberta" in four versions. One of these was recorded in New York on January 23, 1935 , and a similar version was recorded in New York on June 15, 1940...
" – 3:07 - "Anthem of the Rainbow" – 4:07
- "All My TrialsAll My TrialsAll My Trials was a folk song during the social protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on a Bahamian lullaby that tells the story of a mother on her death bed, comforting her children, "Hush little baby, don't you cry./You know your mama's bound to die," because, as she explains,...
" – 3:32 - "This Little Light of MineThis Little Light of Mine"This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel children's song written by Harry Dixon Loes in about 1920. Loes, who studied at the Moody Bible Institute and the American Conservatory of Music, was a musical composer, and teacher, who wrote, and co-wrote, several other gospel songs. The song has since...
" (Harry Loes) – 3:03