Lead Belly

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blues musician folk musician human musician singer-songwriter

Lead Belly was an influential American folk and blues musician renowned for his powerful vocals, 12-string guitar playing, and vast repertoire of traditional songs that deeply shaped the mid-20th-century folk revival.

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Label Occurrences
Lead Belly canonical 16
Leadbelly 2
Huddie 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
folk musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lead Belly ⓘ
surface form: Huddie Ledbetter

Lead Belly ⓘ
surface form: Leadbelly
birthName Lead Belly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Huddie William Ledbetter
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
collaboratedWith Alan Lomax ⓘ
John Lomax ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-01-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1949-12-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ledbetter ⓘ
fieldOfWork traditional American music ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
blues ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
work song ⓘ
givenName Lead Belly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Huddie
hasInfluenceOn mid-20th-century folk revival ⓘ
influenced Bob Dylan ⓘ
Lonnie Donegan ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ
The Weavers ⓘ
Woody Guthrie ⓘ
instrument 12-string guitar ⓘ
movement American folk music revival ⓘ
notableFeature distinctive 12-string guitar style ⓘ
extensive repertoire of traditional songs ⓘ
powerful vocals ⓘ
notableWork Cotton Fields ⓘ
Goodnight Irene ⓘ
surface form: Goodnight, Irene

Midnight Special ⓘ
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Rock Island Line

Where Did You Sleep Last Night ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mooringsport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordedFor Library of Congress ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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American folk music revival → hasNotableFigure → Lead Belly ⓘ
Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Lead Belly ⓘ
Woody Guthrie → associatedWith → Lead Belly ⓘ
Pete Seeger → collaboratedWith → Lead Belly ⓘ
Lead Belly → birthName → Lead Belly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly → givenName → Lead Belly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huddie
Lead Belly → alsoKnownAs → Lead Belly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leadbelly
Lead Belly → alsoKnownAs → Lead Belly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huddie Ledbetter
Goodnight Irene → popularizedBy → Lead Belly ⓘ
Goodnight Irene → associatedPerformer → Lead Belly ⓘ
Goodnight Irene → recordedBy → Lead Belly ⓘ
Goodnight Irene → performer → Lead Belly ⓘ
subject surface form: Lead Belly recordings of Goodnight Irene
Blind Lemon Jefferson → influenced → Lead Belly ⓘ
Blind Lemon Jefferson → performedWith → Lead Belly ⓘ
Woody → associatedAct → Lead Belly ⓘ
subject surface form: Woody Guthrie
Cisco Houston → notableAssociate → Lead Belly ⓘ
Cisco Houston → performedWith → Lead Belly ⓘ
Roger E. Mosley → appearedIn → Lead Belly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leadbelly
Sonny Terry → collaboratedWith → Lead Belly ⓘ
In the Pines → hasNotablePerformer → Lead Belly ⓘ
In the Pines → notableRecordingBy → Lead Belly ⓘ