Quick Facts
- NAME: Leadbelly
- OCCUPATION: Murderer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: 1885 BCE
- DEATH DATE: December 06, 1949
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Mooringsport, Louisiana
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Originally: Huddie William Ledbetter
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Leadbelly was a folk-blues singer, songwriter and guitarist whose ability to perform a vast repertoire of songs and notoriously violent life made him a legend.
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In 1918 musician Leadbelly was imprisoned in Texas for murder. According to tradition he won his early release in 1925 by singing a song for the governor of Texas. Leadbelly was imprisoned again, for attempted murder, in 1930. There he was “discovered” by folklorists John Lomax and Alan Lomax, who were collecting songs for the Library of Congress. Subsequently he published 48 songs.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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