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Huddie William Ledbetter (/ˈhjuːdi/ HYOO-dee;
January 1888 or 1889 –
December 6, 1949),
better known by the
stage name Lead
Belly (not Leadbelly), was...
- standard,
written in 3 4 time,
first recorded by
American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly'
Ledbetter in 1933. A
version recorded by the
Weavers was a...
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following is a
partial list of
songs performed by Lead Belly. Lead Belly, born
Huddie Ledbetter, was an
American folk and
blues musician active in the 1930s and...
- Old
Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song
written by
American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter,
better known as Lead Belly, who made the
first recording of the...
- as "Deep Ellum".
Artists such as
Blind Lemon Jefferson,
Robert Johnson,
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, and
Bessie Smith pla**** in
early Deep
Ellum clubs...
- expedition),
along with
other notables of the day such as
Woody Guthrie,
Huddie Ledbetter (better
known as "Leadbelly"), Burl Ives, John
Jacob Niles, and...
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among the
constellation of nations."
Black American folk singer-songwriter
Huddie Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly, used the
phrase "stay woke" as part of a spoken...
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Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bernard Lafayette James Lawson Huddie Ledbetter John
Lewis Joseph Lowery Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall Toni Morrison...
- (Roud 11668) is a 20th-century African-American work song
often credited to
Huddie "Lead Belly"
Ledbetter as the author,
though the
earliest recordings are...
- players. The
Acadian tradition of
southern Louisiana influenced some, such as
Huddie "Leadbelly" Leadbetter. The
button accordion was
especially po****r among...
