Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

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Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is a landmark 1956 folk and blues album by singer Odetta that helped shape the American folk revival.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Odetta ⓘ
associatedWithMovement American folk revival ⓘ
chronologicallyIn 1950s American folk music ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs landmark folk and blues album ⓘ
featuresInstrumentation voice and acoustic guitar ⓘ
featuresVocalStyle powerful contralto vocals ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
folk ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 1960s protest music ⓘ
hasLegacyStatus classic folk album ⓘ
influential blues album ⓘ
hasOriginalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
hasReissueFormat compact disc ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
streaming audio ⓘ
hasTrack Alabama Bound ⓘ
Another Man Done Gone ⓘ
Been in the Pen ⓘ
Deep Blue Sea ⓘ
Easy Rider ⓘ
Glory, Glory ⓘ
God’s Gonna Cut You Down ⓘ
Hound Dog ⓘ
If I Had a Ribbon Bow ⓘ
Jack o’ Diamonds ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ
Muleskinner Blues ⓘ
linked to: Mule Skinner Blues

Santy Anno ⓘ
Shame and Scandal ⓘ
Spiritual Trilogy ⓘ
’Buked and Scorned ⓘ
hasType folk revival-era album ⓘ
includesMaterial spirituals ⓘ
traditional blues songs ⓘ
traditional folk songs ⓘ
influenced American folk revival ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor helping shape the American folk revival ⓘ
performer Odetta ⓘ
recordedBy Odetta ⓘ
releaseDate 1956 ⓘ

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Odetta → notableWork → Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues ⓘ
Vanguard Records → released → Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues ⓘ
Odetta → notableWork → album "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues" ⓘ
linked to: Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
Tradition Records → releasedAlbum → Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues ⓘ