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Alan Lomax used to sing and peform as well as being one of the leading folklorists of the 20th century Huddie Ledbetter, who was known as Leadbelly, was recorded by Alan Lomax, the musicologist who first came across the singer in a prison in America
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Martin Chilton 2012
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Huddie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly (Lead Belly to purists), was America's most important folk singer, but since his death in 1949 there's been only an approximation of a biography.
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The book is replete with the names of famous artists he helped bring to prominence, including Huddie Ledbetter better known as Leadbelly, for the bullet lodged in his abdomen
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His name was Huddie Ledbetter - better known as Leadbelly.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Redferns Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly, was one of Angola's most famous musical inmates.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Redferns Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly, was one of Angola's most famous musical inmates.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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His name was Huddie Ledbetter - better known as Leadbelly.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly, was one of Angola's most famous musical inmates.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly, was one of Angola's most famous musical inmates.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Huddie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly, was a unique figure in the American popular music of the 20th century.
AvaxHome RSS: 2010
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