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Also known as Joshua Daniel White, Pinewood Tom, Tippy Barton

American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)

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Vinony's link graph records 238 inbound references to Josh White, and connects out to folk music, McCarthyism and George Martin Lane.

It sits within the topics 1914 births, 1969 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.

Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

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7

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1914-02-11
Active to
1969-09-05
acoustic bluesbluescountry bluesfolkpiedmont blues

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Listeners
61,844
Total plays
449,390

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There are multiple artists named Josh White. 1) Josh White (born Joshua Daniel White in Greenville, South Carolina, 11 February 1914 or 1915; died Manhasset, New York, 5 September 1969) was an American folk, blues, and gospel singer and guitarist. White was amongst the first blues performers to attract a large white and middle-class African American following, transcending the typical barriers at the time associating blues with a rural and working-class African American audience <a href="htt

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Josh White, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 09091).jpg
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Josh White
date of birth
1914-02-11
date of death
1969-09-05
start of work period
1928-00-00
birth name
Joshua Daniel White
name in native language
Josh White
pseudonym
Tippy Barton
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