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Odetta Holmes (1930–2008) was an American singer, actor, guitarist, and television actor. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was of African American descent and a citizen of the United States. Her musical career began in 1944 and continued until 2005. She performed in genres including traditional folk music, jazz blues, country blues, and pop music. Her work was released on the record labels Fantasy and RCA Records.
Holmes was educated at Los Angeles City College. She received the National Medal of Arts. Her notable works include *Blues everywhere I go* and *Christmas spirituals*. She spoke, wrote, and signed in English. Odetta died in New York City on December 2, 2008, and was buried at Harlem Meer.
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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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2008
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 214,980
- Total plays
- 1,778,294
Tags
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
via Last.fm · Odetta
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 54
- Cited by
- 691
Research areas
Most cited works
- Metformin promotes tau aggregation and exacerbates abnormal behavior in a mouse model of tauopathy2016 · 124 cit
- Phosphorylation of Parkin at serine 65 is essential for its activation<i>in vivo</i>2018 · 118 cit
- Targeting mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases2025 · 104 cit
- Deubiquitinating enzyme amino acid profiling reveals a class of ubiquitin esterases2021 · 87 cit
- Global ubiquitylation analysis of mitochondria in primary neurons identifies endogenous Parkin targets following activation of PINK12021 · 68 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Targeting mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases
· 2025 · cited 137x
- Phosphorylation of Parkin at serine 65 is essential for its activation<i>in vivo</i>
· 2018 · cited 118x
- Metformin promotes tau aggregation and exacerbates abnormal behavior in a mouse model of tauopathy
· 2016 · cited 114x
- Deubiquitinating enzyme amino acid profiling reveals a class of ubiquitin esterases
· 2021 · cited 81x
- Global ubiquitylation analysis of mitochondria in primary neurons identifies endogenous Parkin targets following activation of PINK1
· 2021 · cited 69x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
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- Odetta in 1961
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- Odetta Holmes
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians >.alias
- Odetta Gordon, Odetta Felious
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians >.birth_place
- Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians >.death_place
- New York City, U.S.
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians >.years_active
- 1944–2008
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians >.spouse
- Don Gordon (m. 1959; div. 1959) Iverson Minter (m. 1977; div. 1983)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.odettamusic.com
- Image
- Odetta.jpg
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- Commons category
- Odetta
- date of death
- 2008-12-02
- date of birth
- 1930-12-31
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
- place of burial
- Harlem Meer
- writing language
- English language
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Odetta Holmes, conosciuta come Odetta (Birmingham, 31 dicembre 1930 – New York, 2 dicembre 2008), è stata una cantante e chitarrista statunitense, nota anche per il suo impegno nella difesa dei diritti civili delle persone di colore.
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