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Midnight Special" (Roud 6364) is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. [1] The song refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light." The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the prisoner and has been performed by many artists.
The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs is an album by Lead Belly and the Golden Gate Quartet, recorded for Victor Records in 1940 and released a few months later. [ 1 ] : 220–22 In 1939, Lead Belly was back in jail for assault after stabbing a man in a fight in Manhattan .
Huddie William Ledbetter (/ ˈ h j uː d i / HYOO-dee; January 1888 [1] [2] or 1889 [3] – December 6, 1949), [1] better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines" (also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night ...
Midnight Special is an album by Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston, recorded in 1946 and released as an album in 1947. In October 1946, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston went into the studio to record for producer Moe Asch. [1] They recorded eight tracks, six of which were released to the public.
"Let It Shine on Me" [20] (trad.) "Line Em" "Lining Track" (trad.) "Little Children's Blues" "Little Sally Walker" "Looky Looky Yonder" [21] "Match Box Blues" "Medicine Man" "Meeting at the Building" "Midnight Special" [22] (trad.) "Mister Tom Hughes's Town" "Moanin ' " "Mother's Blues" "Mr. Hitler" "Must I Be Carried into the Sky" “My Baby ...
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Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs is a remastered compilation album of American folk songs sung by legend Leadbelly accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry, originally recorded by Moses Asch in the 1940s and re-released in 1989 by Folkways Records.
In April 1944, Asch stated that Lead Belly was paid $250 for a special run of 10,000 copies of "How Long Blues," a cover of Leroy Carr's 1928 song. [ 2 ] : 226 Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that in June 1944, Songs by Lead Belly was issued as a new album. [ 3 ]