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Odetta (31 Dec 1930 - 02 Dec 2008)

Female Person - United States American singer Odetta Holmes

 Also known as (4)

Releases (36)

Official

Album

  1. Sings Ballads and Blues Nov 1956
  2. The Tin Angel 1958
  3. My Eyes Have Seen Jul 1959
  4. Christmas Spirituals Nov 1960
  5. Odetta Sings the Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads 1960
  6. Odetta and the Blues 1962
  7. Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' 1962
  8. Odetta 1963
  9. Sings Folk Songs 1963
  10. One Grain of Sand 1963
  11. It's a Mighty World Jan 1964
  12. Odetta Sings of Many Things 1964
  13. Odetta Sings Dylan 1965
  14. Odetta 1967
  15. Odetta Sings 1970
  16. To Ella 1998
  17. Blues Everywhere I Go 1999
  18. Lookin' for a Home 2001
  19. Gonna Let It Shine 2005
  20. The Essential Odetta

Album - Live

  1. At the Gate of Horn Oct 1957
  2. Odetta at Carnegie Hall 1960
  3. At Town Hall 1963
  4. The Essential Odetta 1987

Album - Compilation

  1. Christmas Spirituals 1988
  2. The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues 1994
  3. Best of the Vanguard Years 1999
  4. Absolutely the Best 19 Sep 2000
  5. Livin' With the Blues 2000
  6. The Tradition Masters 03 Sep 2002
  7. Ballad For Americans and Their Other American Ballads / At Carnegie Hall 2002
  8. Vanguard Visionaries: Odetta 2007
  9. 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks 2012
  10. Odetta

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Studs Terkel Radio Show 2011

Recordings by (342)

  1. Santy Anno 1:56 (Nov 1956)
  2. If I Had A Ribbon Bow 2:43 (Nov 1956)
  3. Muleskinner Blues 2:51 (Nov 1956)
  4. Shame And Scandal 2:23 (Nov 1956)
  5. ’Buked and Scorned 2:42 (Nov 1956)
  6. Jack o’ Diamonds 3:15 (Nov 1956)
  7. Easy Rider 5:07 (Nov 1956)
  8. Joshua 1:54 (Nov 1956)
  9. Hound Dog 3:50 (Nov 1956)
  10. Glory, Glory 2:12 (Nov 1956)
  11. Alabama Bound 1:42 (Nov 1956)
  12. Been In The Pen 2:33 (Nov 1956)
  13. Deep Blue Sea 3:02 (Nov 1956)
  14. God's Gonna Cut You Down 1:51 (Nov 1956)
  15. Spiritual Trilogy 6:05 (Nov 1956)
  16. Another Man Done Gone 2:11 (Nov 1956)
  17. Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole) 2:51 (Oct 1957)
  18. Lowlands 2:36 (Oct 1957)
  19. The Fox 1:49 (Oct 1957)
  20. Maybe She Go 1:47 (Oct 1957)
  21. Midnight Special 2:36 (Oct 1957)
  22. Deep River 2:59 (Oct 1957)
  23. Chilly Winds 2:43 (Oct 1957)
  24. Greensleeves 2:49 (Oct 1957)
  25. Devilish Mary 1:52 (Oct 1957)
  26. Take This Hammer 3:27 (Oct 1957)
  27. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands 1:53 (Oct 1957)
  28. Sail Away Ladies 2:22 (Oct 1957)
  29. Lass of the Low Country 4:33 (Oct 1957)
  30. Timber 3:11 (Oct 1957)
  31. Pretty Horses 2:59 (Oct 1957)
  32. John Henry 3:05 (1958)
  33. Old Cotton Fields at Home 3:55 (1958)
  34. The Frozen Logger 2:50 (1958)
  35. Run, Come See Jerusalem 2:05 (1958)
  36. Old Blue 2:35 (1958)
  37. Water Boy 3:40 (1958)
  38. Santy Ana 2:15 (1958)
  39. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago/The Biggest Thing 2:45 (1958)
  40. The Car-Car Song 1:25 (1958)
  41. No More Cane On The Brazos 2:17 (1958)
  42. Pay Day At Coal Creek 3:00 (1958)
  43. I've Been 'Buked And I've Been Scorned 2:45 (1958)
  44. Rock Island Line 1:45 (1958)
  45. Bald Headed Woman 2:24 (Jul 1959)
  46. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain / Water Boy 6:58 (Jul 1959)
  47. Down on Me 2:59 (Jul 1959)
  48. Jumpin' Judy 2:30 (Jul 1959)
  49. Battle Hymn Of The Republic 3:54 (Jul 1959)
  50. Poor Little Jesus 1:56 (Jul 1959) mono
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On Recordings (46)

Arranged

  1. Alabama Bound / Boll Weevil 7:22 Odetta (2001)
  2. New Orleans 4:45 Odetta (2001)
  3. How Long 4:32 Odetta (2001)
  4. You Don't Know My Mind 4:34 Odetta (2001)
  5. When I Was a Cowboy 3:14 Odetta (2001)
  6. In the Pines 4:05 Odetta (2001)
  7. Bourgeois Blues 4:35 Odetta (2001)
  8. Jim Crow Blues 3:20 Odetta (2001)
  9. Julie Anne Johnson / Whoa Black Buck 2:50 Odetta (2001)
  10. Goodnight Irene 5:01 Odetta (2001)
  11. Mother's Blues 3:49 Odetta (2001)
  12. Gallows Pole 4:15 Neil Young & Crazy Horse (04 Jun 2012)

Performer

  1. The Virgin Mary 1:59 Roger McGuinn with Odetta (2001)
  2. Sail Away Lady 3:01 Roger McGuinn with Odetta (2001)

Instruments

  1. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 2:20 Odetta (1999) guitar
  2. Spoken Introduction: He Had a Long Chain On 6:22 Odetta (1999) guitar
  3. Sail Away Lady 3:01 Roger McGuinn with Odetta (2001) guitar
  4. I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain / Water Boy (live) 6:57 Odetta (2001) guitar

Vocals

  1. Hymn 4:08 Janis Ian (1975)
  2. Wimoweh 1:47 Nanci Griffith (02 Mar 1993) background vocals
  3. A Hole in the Bucket 4:07 Harry Belafonte feat. Odetta (1996)
  4. If I Had a Hammer 2:49 Nanci Griffith (17 Mar 1998)
  5. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) 5:21 Nanci Griffith (21 Jul 1998)
  6. Spoken Introduction: He Had a Long Chain On 6:22 Odetta (1999)
  7. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 2:20 Odetta (1999)
  8. Waltzing Me All the Way Home 1:51 The 6ths with Odetta (05 Sep 2000) lead vocals
  9. Alabama Bound / Boll Weevil 7:22 Odetta (2001)
  10. New Orleans 4:45 Odetta (2001)
  11. Bourgeois Blues 4:35 Odetta (2001)
  12. Goodnight Irene 5:01 Odetta (2001)
  13. The Virgin Mary 1:59 Roger McGuinn with Odetta (2001)
  14. Sail Away Lady 3:01 Roger McGuinn with Odetta (2001)
  15. When I Was a Cowboy 3:14 Odetta (2001)
  16. Mother's Blues 3:49 Odetta (2001)
  17. In the Pines 4:05 Odetta (2001)
  18. Jim Crow Blues 3:20 Odetta (2001)
  19. Julie Anne Johnson / Whoa Black Buck 2:50 Odetta (2001)
  20. I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain / Water Boy (live) 6:57 Odetta (2001)
  21. You Don't Know My Mind 4:34 Odetta (2001)
  22. How Long 4:32 Odetta (2001)
  23. John the Revelator 2:28 Roger McGuinn with Jean Ritchie and Odetta (2001)
  24. Key to the Highway 4:48 James Cotton (2004)
  25. Oh Happy Day 7:00 Stuff (15 Jul 2008) guest
  26. There’s a Hole in My Bucket 4:17 Harry Belafonte and Odetta (29 Sep 2017)

Produced

  1. New Orleans 4:45 Odetta (2001)
  2. In the Pines 4:05 Odetta (2001)

Credited as (36)

  1. Odetta
  2. Harry Belafonte & Odetta
  3. Odetta with The Holmes Brothers
  4. Eric Bibb feat. Odetta
  5. Harry Belafonte feat. Odetta
  6. The 6ths with Odetta
  7. Odetta, Ronnie Gilbert, Earl Robinson
  8. Odetta, The Butch Thompson Trio
  9. Odetta & The Butch Thompson Trio
  10. Northwind Collective, Odetta & Granger Simmons
  11. Northwind Collective, Granger Simmons & Odetta
  12. Harry Belafonte and Odetta
  13. Roger McGuinn with Jean Ritchie and Odetta
  14. Roger McGuinn with Odetta
  15. Joan Baez with Odetta
  16. Odetta featuring Harry Belafonte
  17. Odetta, Arlo Guthrie and Company
  18. Tommy Makem & Odetta
  19. AppleJaxx feat. Odetta
  20. Odetta, Will Geer & Arlo Guthrie
  21. Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Country Joe McDonald, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott & Richie Havens
  22. Odetta, Will Geer & Peter Fonda
  23. Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Joan Baez & Pete Seeger
  24. Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta & Richie Havens
  25. Harry Belafonte With Odetta ~ Miriam Makeba ~ The Chad Mitchell Trio ~ The Belafonte Folk Singers
  26. Pinetop Perkins with Odetta
  27. Dr. John & Odetta
  28. Harry Belafonte with Odetta
  29. Brock Peters with Odetta
  30. The Weavers, Odetta, Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte‐Marie, Doc Watson & Skip James
  31. Odetta & Harry Belafonte
  32. Odetta with Harry Belafonte
  33. Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Odetta, The Chad Mitchell Trio and The Belafonte Folk Singers
  34. Odetta And Harry Belafonte
  35. Odetta and Larry Mohr
  36. Jimmy Witherspoon, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Odetta

Works (4)

Arranged

  1. There’s a Hole in the Bucket

Wrote

  1. Hit or Miss
  2. If Anybody Ask You
  3. New Genious (Brother)

Events (5)

Main Performer At

  1. 1972‐08: Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY, USA
  2. Later... with Jools Holland: Series 15, Episode 4
  3. Ottawa Folk Festival 2008 time
  4. Ottawa Folk Festival 2000 time

Guest Performer At

  1. A Prairie Home Companion

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92003124
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no92003124
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139329194
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6088db2
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134475992

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Odetta

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/324702

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/136445

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000888730

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644051/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/19869346

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237633

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6484

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odetta_(1961).jpg