Odetta

Odetta


There are at least two artists that go by this name. The other is a current hip-hop producer. 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.

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Yonder Come the Blues

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Misery Blues

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If I Had Wings

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Empty Pocket Blues

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Special Delivery

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Stranger Here

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Gonna' Take My Time

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Poor Man

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Darlin' Baby

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Believe I'll Go

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How Long, How Long Blues

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Leavin' This Mornin'

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Bourgeois Blues

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Strawberry Fields Forever

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Unemployment Blues

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All My Trials

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