biography
| name: |
Odetta
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in full Odetta Holmes Felious Gordon
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Singer and guitarist, born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. During the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she was known for her performances of African-American folk music, and for her albums with their repertory of spirtuals, blues, and children's songs. She toured the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in 1974 and appeared in films, stage musicals, and on television. |
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