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Odetta (b. December 31, 1930), birth name Odetta Holmes, also known with her stepfather's surname as Odetta Felious, is an African-American singer. Her repertoire consists largely of American folk music, blues, and spirituals, although she first worked in the mode of musical theater. She also acted in several films, notably The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the film of William Faulkner's Sanctuary.

She was born in Birmingham, Alabama, grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied music at Los Angeles City College. Her first professional experience was in 1949 with a touring company of the musical Finian's Rainbow
. Her folksinging career began in San Francisco, California; in 1953 she appeared at the Blue Angel nightclub in New York City. She recorded her first album in 1954 for Fantasy Records. Harry Belafonte included her in a nationwide television special in 1959. Her 1963 album titled Folk Songs' was one of the year's best-selling folk albums.

She continued to tour and record into the late 1990s, having released a studio album, Blues Everywhere I Go, in 1999. One year later, she provided guest vocals on the song "Waltzing Me All The Way Home" on Magnetic Fields side-project the 6ths album, Hyacinths and Thistles.

Discography

1956 Odetta Sings Ballads & Blues
1957 Odetta At the Gate of Horn
1960 My Eyes Have Seen
1960 Ballad For Americans
1960 Odetta At Carnegie Hall
1960 Christmas Spirituals
1962 Odetta At Town Hall
1962 Odetta and The Blues
1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'
1963 One Grain Of Sand
1963 The Tin Angel (with Larry Mohr)
1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs
1964 It's A Mighty World
1964 Odetta Sings Of Many Things
1965 Odetta Sings Dylan
1966 Odetta In Japan
1967 Odetta
1967 The Best Of Odetta
1970 Odetta Sings
1976 Odetta At The Best Of Harlem
1987 Movin' It On
1987 The Essential Odetta
1988 Christmas Spirituals
1998 To Ella
1999 Blues Everywhere I Go

Albums on Which Odetta Features

1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1
1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2

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Albums on Which Odetta Features

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