Ronnie Gilbert

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Ronnie Gilbert was an American folk singer and activist best known as the powerful contralto voice of the influential folk group The Weavers.

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Ronnie Gilbert canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American singer ⓘ
activist ⓘ
folk singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Fred Hellerman ⓘ
Lee Hays ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ
The Weavers ⓘ
birthName Ruth Alice Gilbert ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-06-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
genre folk music ⓘ
givenName Ruth Alice ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf The Weavers ⓘ
movement American folk music revival ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
peace movement ⓘ
notableFor political and social activism ⓘ
powerful contralto voice ⓘ
role in American folk music revival ⓘ
notableWork Weavers recordings of "Goodnight, Irene" ⓘ
linked to: Goodnight, Irene

Weavers recordings of "On Top of Old Smoky" ⓘ
performances with The Weavers ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
folk musician ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath California ⓘ
Mill Valley, California ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing politics ⓘ
residence Mill Valley, California ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Donna Korones ⓘ
Martin Weg ⓘ
stageName Ronnie Gilbert ⓘ
voiceType contralto ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Weavers → member → Ronnie Gilbert ⓘ
Ronnie Gilbert → stageName → Ronnie Gilbert ⓘ
The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time! → features → Ronnie Gilbert ⓘ
Fred Hellerman → workedWith → Ronnie Gilbert ⓘ