Odetta Sings Ballads And Blues (studio album) by Odetta

Odetta Sings Ballads And Blues by Odetta
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 4,754th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (22nd)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (140th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,754th)
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Sings Ballads And Blues By Odetta - Audio CD 1996 Rykodisc
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Odetta sings Ballads and Blues Tradition Records 1972? Vinyl Record Album LP
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73/100 (from 42 votes)
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From 01/16/2025 16:41
This woman has Soul and her debut in 1956 should have taken the musical world by storm.
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From 01/01/2023 21:54
Such a raw and intense performer.
It doesn’t sound like it happened in the 50s.
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From 03/06/2022 03:31
I can say this about a lot of people, but it is as true of Odetta as anyone-- without her music in my childhood I would not be the person I am... "The Freedom Trilogy" taught a generation of us that the trick to living unafraid is not to have nothing to fear, but rather to refuse to be deterred by fear.
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From 01/25/2016 16:37
This woman may have been a folk singer but baby she had soul.
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2. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
3. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus
4. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
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11. This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino
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