Odetta
Sign in to saveOdetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2008
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Blues everywhere I go
- Christmas spirituals
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Known for
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self (archive footage)2021
- Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 — Self2019
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation — Self (archive footage)2013
- Blues Divas — Self2005
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack — Self2000
- Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith — Self1999
- Classic Albums — Self (archive footage)1997
- Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms — Self1993
- Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers — Self1993
- Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration — Self1977
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
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- 214,980
- Total plays
- 1,778,294
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Odetta (December 31, 1930 - December 2, 2008) was an African-American singer whose repertoire consists largely of American folk music, blues, and spirituals. She was born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama, grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied music at Los Angeles City College. Having operatic training from the age of 13, her first professional experience was in musical theater, with a touring company of the musical Finian's Rainbow in 1949. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Odett
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- Odetta Gordon, Odetta Felious
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- Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
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- New York City, U.S.
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- 1944–2008
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- Don Gordon (m. 1959; div. 1959) Iverson Minter (m. 1977; div. 1983)
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 December 1930
- Died
- 2 December 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life and career
- Later career
- Final tour
- Death
- Legacy
- Discography
- Filmography
- See also
- References
- External links
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. In 2011 Time magazine included her recording of "Take This Hammer" on its list of the 100 Greatest Popular Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music."
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1930 births2008 deaths20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American guitarists20th-century American singers20th-century American women guitarists20th-century American women singers21st-century African-American musicians21st-century African-American womenActivists for African-American civil rightsAfrican-American actresses