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Odetta

Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to[who?] 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 was influential to many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time included her song "Take This Hammer" on its list of the All-Time 100 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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Song	Album	Duration
A Hole In the Bucket	Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte 2012	4:30
A Hole In the Bucket	There & Then: 1961 2009	4:11
A Hole in the Bucket	With Miriam Makeba & Odetta 1997	4:06
A Hole in the Bucket	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	4:19
A Hole in the Bucket	Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall 1960	5:19
A Hole in the Bucket	This Is Harry Belafonte 1990
A Hole in the Bucket	Unknown Album	5:19
Ain't That A-Rockin	Unknown Album
All the Pretty Little Horses	Vanguard Folk Sampler 1996	3:03
All the Pretty Little Horses	Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads/Odetta at Carnegie Hall 2002	3:03
All the Pretty Little Horses	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	3:04
All the Pretty Little Horses	Seven Classic Albums 2011
All the Pretty Little Horses	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:59
All the Pretty Little Horses	At the Gate of Horn 1957	3:01
All the Pretty Little Horses	The Essential Odetta 1973	3:03
All the Pretty Little Horses	Unknown Album	3:01
Another Man Done Gone	Vanguard Visionaries 2007	2:34
Another Man Done Gone	Roots of Nick Cave 2009	2:10
Another Man Done Gone	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	2:11
Another Man Done Gone	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk 2011	2:12
Another Man Done Gone	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:32
Another Man Done Gone	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	2:11
Another Man Done Gone	Broken Hearted Blues 2003	2:11
Another Man Done Gone	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	2:11
Another Man Done Gone	At Town Hall 1962	2:34
Another Man Done Gone	The Best of the Vanguard Years 1999	2:34
Another Man Done Gone	Livin' with the Blues 2000	2:34
Another Man Done Gone	Vanguard: Roots of Folk 2002	2:33
Another Man Done Gone	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:09
Another Man Done Gone	Absolutely the Best [Canada] 2000
Another Man Done Gone	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Another Man Done Gone	Folk Song America, Vol. 2 1991	2:10
Another Man Done Gone	Original Seeds: Songs That Inspired Nick Cave 1998
Another Man Done Gone	Songs from the Invisible Republic 2008
Another Man Done Gone	Absolutely the Best 2000	2:09
Another Man Done Gone	The Essential Odetta 1973	2:31
Another Man Done Gone	Unknown Album	2:07
*Another Man Done Gone []**	The Tin Angel 1954	3:05
*Another Man Done Gone [Radio Broadcast] []**	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:40
Ballad of Easy Rider	The Original Hits of Right Now 1969
Battle Hymn of the Republic	Unknown Album
Beautiful Star	Unknown Album
Believe I'll Go	Unknown Album	3:03
Blowin' In The Wind	Elvis Presley: The Searcher [Original Soundtrack] [Deluxe] 2018	4:11
Blowin' In the Wind	Elvis Presley: The Searcher [Original Soundtrack]	4:10
California Blues	As Blue as They Can Be 1991	3:22
Children Go Where I Send Thee	Unknown Album
Chilly Winds	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:44
Chilly Winds	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:44
Chilly Winds	Folk Roots: The Sound of Americana 2007	2:43
Chilly Winds	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	2:42
Chilly Winds	The Best of Odetta 1967	2:43
Chilly Winds	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:41
Chilly Winds	Absolutely the Best [Canada] 2000
Chilly Winds	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	2:43
Chilly Winds	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Chilly Winds	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:41
Chilly Winds	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	2:41
Chilly Winds	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:42
Chilly Winds	Absolutely the Best 2000	2:40
Chilly Winds	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:41
Chilly Winds	Unknown Album	2:41
*Chilly Winds []**	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	2:41
Deep River	At the Gate of Horn 1957	3:00
Deep River	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:59
Deep River	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	2:59
Deep River	The Best of Odetta 1967	3:00
Deep River	If I Had a Hammer: The Great American Folk Album 2014	2:59
Deep River	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:58
Deep River	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	3:00
Deep River	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Deep River	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:57
Deep River	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	3:00
Deep River	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:57
Deep River	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:57
*Deep River []**	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	3:00
Devilish Mary	At the Gate of Horn 1957	1:53
Devilish Mary	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:41
Devilish Mary	At Town Hall 1962	1:56
Devilish Mary	The Best of Odetta 1967	1:57
Devilish Mary	The Tradition Masters 2002	1:50
Devilish Mary	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	1:57
Devilish Mary	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Devilish Mary	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	1:50
Devilish Mary	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	1:51
Devilish Mary	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	1:50
Down by the Riverside	Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays
Down by the Riverside	Yes We Can! 2008	6:50
Down by the Riverside	Unknown Album	4:06
Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:52
Go Down Sunshine	Unknown Album	2:20
Go Tell It On the Mountain	Christmas Spirituals 1960	2:07
Go Tell It On the Mountain	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Go Tell It on the Mountain	Best of Odetta 2011	2:33
Go Tell It on the Mountain	Beautiful Star 2009	2:33
Go Tell It on the Mountain	Welk Music Group: Our Favorite Holiday Tunes 2006	2:09
Go Tell It on the Mountain	Odetta: My Christmas 2013	2:03
Go Tell It on the Mountain	A Folksinger's Christmas 1995	2:07
*Go Tell It on the Mountain []**	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:04
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	1:51
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	1:51
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	1:51
God's Gonna Cut You Down	The Best of Odetta 1967	1:51
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Absolutely the Best [Canada] 2000
God's Gonna Cut You Down	The Tradition Masters 2002	1:49
God's Gonna Cut You Down	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	1:51
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Women in (E)motion 2002	2:35
God's Gonna Cut You Down	Absolutely the Best 2000	1:48
God's Gonna Cut You Down	The Essential Odetta 1973	2:12
Gods Gonna Cut You Down	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Gods Gonna Cut You Down	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	1:49
Greensleeves	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:50
Greensleeves	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:49
Greensleeves	The Best of Odetta 1967	2:49
Greensleeves	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:48
Greensleeves	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	2:49
Greensleeves	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Greensleeves	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:47
Greensleeves	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:47
Hard, Oh Lord	Unknown Album	4:06
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands	At the Gate of Horn 1957	1:54
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	1:53
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands	Folk Hits 1998	2:05
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands	Seven Classic Albums 2011
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Folk & Blues: The Roots of Americana 2006
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Vanguard Visionaries 2007	2:07
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Folk and Blues: The Roots of Americana 2006	1:54
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Roots of Americana: Big Stars of Folk Music, Vol. 2 2013	1:56
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Greatest Stars of Folk Music 1994	1:56
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Womenfolk: Iconic Women of American Folk 2007	1:54
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:06
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	In the Wind: The Folk Music Collection 2003	1:57
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Jesus Is the Answer 2013	1:57
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	At Town Hall 1962	2:06
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Early Soul Gospel 1998	2:00
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Best of the Vanguard Years 1999	2:07
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Best of Odetta 1967	1:59
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	If I Had a Hammer: The Great American Folk Album 2014	1:54
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Tradition Masters 2002	1:51
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	1:59
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	1:51
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Folk [Friedman] 1994	2:08
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	1:53
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Folk Songs for Kids 2008	1:55
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	1:53
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Absolutely the Best 2000	1:55
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	1:51
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	The Essential Odetta 1973	2:05
*He's Got the Whole World in His Hands []**	The Tin Angel 1954	1:55
*He's Got the Whole World in His Hands []**	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	1:53
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands [Bonus Track]	Unknown Album	1:55
Hit or Miss	Odetta Sings 1970	3:55
Hit or Miss	Brainfreeze Breaks 2003	3:33
Hit or Miss	Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 4: Light My Fire 1995	3:53
Hit or Miss	Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary 2001	3:00
Hogan's Alley	Unknown Album	2:11
Hole in the Bucket	1961 British Hit Parade, Pt. 3: September-December 2012	4:24
Hole in the Bucket	1961: A Time To Remember The Classic Years	8:50
Hound Dog	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	3:50
House of the Rising Sun	Vanguard Visionaries 2007	3:18
House of the Rising Sun	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	3:41
House of the Rising Sun	Livin' with the Blues 2000	3:18
House of the Rising Sun [#]	The Best of the Vanguard Years 1999	3:14
House of the Rising Sun [Previously Unreleased Track]	Unknown Album	3:14
How Long Blues	Unknown Album	2:08
I Know Where I'm Going	The Tin Angel 1954	2:08
I Know Where I'm Going	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:02
I Know Where I'm Going	Seven Classic Albums 2011
I Know Where I'm Going	My Eyes Have Seen 1959	2:00
*I Know Where I'm Going []**	The Tin Angel 1954	2:10
If Anybody Ask You	Unknown Album
Leavin' This Morning	Unknown Album	2:49
Listening to Old Voices	Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt 2000	5:39
Lo & Behold	Odetta Sings 1970	3:08
Lo and Behold	Odetta Sings 1970	2:58
Lowlands	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:37
Lowlands	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:38
Lowlands	The Best of Odetta 1967	2:41
Lowlands	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:34
Lowlands	Absolutely the Best [Canada] 2000
Lowlands	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	2:41
Lowlands	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Lowlands	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:34
Lowlands	Absolutely the Best 2000	2:38
Lowlands	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:34
Maybe She Go	At the Gate of Horn 1957	1:47
Maybe She Go	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	1:48
Maybe She Go	The Tradition Masters 2002	1:45
Maybe She Go	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Maybe She Go	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	1:45
Maybe She Go	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	1:46
Maybe She Go	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	1:45
Midnight Special	The Best of Woodsongs, Vol. 3 2009	4:36
Midnight Special	Vanguard Visionaries 2007	3:26
Midnight Special	Mojo Music Guide, Vol. 4: Blues Power	2:36
Midnight Special	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:36
Midnight Special	Womenfolk: Iconic Women of American Folk 2007	2:37
Midnight Special	Blues Had a Baby: And Its Name Was Rock & Roll 2003	2:37
Midnight Special	American Folk Anthology, Vol. 1 2001	2:35
Midnight Special	One Grain of Sand 1963	3:26
Midnight Special	The Best of the Vanguard Years 1999	3:26
Midnight Special	Livin' with the Blues 2000	3:26
Midnight Special	Queens of the Blues 2003	2:35
Midnight Special	A Rykodisc 15th Anniversary Sampler 1998
Midnight Special	Got a Feeling Called the Blues 2003
Midnight Special	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:34
Midnight Special	Absolutely the Best [Canada] 2000
Midnight Special	The Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005 2006	4:39
Midnight Special	Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays
Midnight Special	The Best of Wood Songs Volume Three 2009	4:36
Midnight Special	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:34
Midnight Special	Looking for a Home 2001	4:36
Midnight Special	The Corner of Bleecker and the Blues 2003	2:37
Midnight Special	Vanguard 50	3:26
Midnight Special	Absolutely the Best 2000	2:34
Midnight Special	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:34
Moses, Moses	Unknown Album	3:00
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Unknown Album	2:21
Oh, My Baby	Unknown Album	4:22
Oh, Papa	Unknown Album	3:17
One More Dance - Version 2 [Golden Star Collection]	Unknown Album	3:43
Pastures of Plenty	The Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie 1972	4:03
Please Send Me Someone to Love	The Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002 2003	2:33
Please Send Me Someone to Love	Blues Everywhere I Go	2:33
Please Send Me Someone to Love	The Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005 2006	2:34
Please Send Me Someone to Love	The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music 2016	6:04
Poor Little Jesus	Unknown Album
Ramblin' Round	Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts 2017	4:16
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow	Unknown Album
Sail Away Ladies	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:22
Sail Away Ladies	Womenfolk: Iconic Women of American Folk 2007	2:23
Sail Away Ladies	Folk Song Tradition 2005	2:23
Sail Away Ladies	The Tradition Masters 2002	2:20
Sail Away Ladies	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	2:20
Sail Away Ladies	Livin' with the Blues 2000	2:45
Sail Away Ladies	One Grain of Sand 1963	2:41
Sail Away Ladies	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	2:20
Sail Away Ladies	Unknown Album	2:22
Sail Away, Ladies	One Grain of Sand 1963	2:41
Shout For Joy	Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays
Shout For Joy	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Shout for Joy	Best of Odetta 2011	1:58
Shout for Joy	Odetta: My Christmas 2013	1:38
Shout for Joy	Unknown Album
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads/Odetta at Carnegie Hall 2002	3:23
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	3:25
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	The Best of the Vanguard Years 1999	3:22
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	The Essential Odetta 1973	3:22
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Unknown Album	3:22
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Spiritual)	Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (Original Soundtrack) 1997	3:11
Take This Hammer	At the Gate of Horn 1957	3:27
Take This Hammer	Womenfolk: Iconic Women of American Folk 2007	3:27
Take This Hammer	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	3:48
Take This Hammer	Folk & Blues Songbook 2011	3:26
Take This Hammer	The Best of Odetta 1967	3:33
Take This Hammer	The Tradition Masters 2002	3:25
Take This Hammer	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	3:33
Take This Hammer	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Take This Hammer	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	3:24
Take This Hammer	Sings Ballads and Blues 1956	3:27
Take This Hammer	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	3:27
Take This Hammer	Absolutely the Best 2000	3:30
Take This Hammer	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	3:24
Take This Hammer	At Town Hall 1962	3:57
Take This Hammer	The Essential Odetta 1973	3:47
Take This Hammer	Unknown Album	3:27
*Take This Hammer []**	Sings Ballads and Blues [Bonus Tracks] 1956	3:27
The Fox	American Folk Pioneer 2003	2:44
The Fox	At the Gate of Horn 1957	1:50
The Fox	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	1:52
The Fox	Best of Odetta 2011	2:44
The Fox	At Town Hall 1962	1:51
The Fox	To Ella 1998	2:44
The Fox	The Best of Odetta 1967	1:53
The Fox	The Tradition Masters 2002	1:47
The Fox	The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues 1994	1:53
The Fox	Seven Classic Albums 2011
The Fox	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	1:47
The Fox	Silverwolf Blues 2000	2:44
The Fox	The Women of Silverwolf 2000	2:44
The Fox	Folk Songs for Kids 2008	1:51
The Fox	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	1:48
The Fox	Odetta [Silverwolf] 2003	2:44
The Fox	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	1:47
The Fox	Unknown Album	1:50
The Midnight Special	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	2:36
The Midnight Special	Seven Classic Albums 2011
The Midnight Special	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	2:34
The Midnight Special	At the Gate of Horn 1957	2:36
The Red Rosy Bush	Unknown Album	2:51
The Virgin Mary	Treasures from the Folk Den 2001	1:59
This Land Is Your Land	Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts 2017	2:53
This Train Is Bound for Glory	Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts 2017	3:51
Timber	At the Gate of Horn 1957	3:12
Timber	The Album Collection 1954-1962 2018	3:27
Timber	The Tradition Masters 2002	3:09
Timber	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Timber	Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 1998	3:09
Timber	Livin' with the Blues 2000	3:27
Timber	My Eyes Have Seen/The Tin Angel/At the Gate of Horn 2017	3:11
Timber	At the Gate of Horn [Rykodisc] 1957	3:09
Timber	At Town Hall 1962	3:26
Timber (Jerry)	The Essential Odetta 1973	3:23
*Timber []**	The Tin Angel 1954	3:49
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Elvis Presley: The Searcher [Original Soundtrack] [Deluxe] 2018	6:15
Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Elvis Presley: The Searcher [Original Soundtrack]	6:20
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Christmas Spirituals 1960	3:08
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Best of Odetta 2011	3:10
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Beautiful Star 2009	3:10
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Seven Classic Albums 2011
Virgin Mary Had One Son	Odetta: My Christmas 2013	2:40
*Wade in the Water []**	The Tin Angel 1954	1:57
What Month Was Jesus Born In	Unknown Album
Yonder Comes the Blues	Unknown Album	2:50

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