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In the 1920s, folklorists, notably Dorothy Scarborough (1925) and Guy Johnson and Howard W. Odum (1926), also collected transcribed versions. Scarborough's short text, published in her book, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs (1925), is the first version published under the title "Nine-Pound Hammer", before the earliest commercial recording of that name. [7]
The 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 1940s. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Although the sales of this album were disappointing (only resulting in 304 copies sold by March 1943), some of Lead Belly's best remembered songs debuted here, such as "Take This Hammer" and "Rock Island Line." [1] A contemporary review in Jazz magazine was highly favorable, calling the record "superbly done." [3]
This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are Lead Belly songs or lists of Lead Belly songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).
Songs by Lead Belly is an album by Lead Belly, recorded in 1943 by Asch Recordings and probably released in 1944.. At this point in Lead Belly's career he had split with John Lomax and was mainly recording with Moe Asch. [1]
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Garnett with WWDC's Fred Fiske in 1964.. Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was 11. [1] She made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip.
Take This Hammer is a 1964 American documentary film produced and directed by KQED (TV)'s Richard O. Moore for National Educational Television in 1963. [1] The film first aired on February 4, 1964, in the Bay Area, at 7:30 pm on Ch.9 KQED.