ON the same day, on the same steps where Martin Luther King Jr. would deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, Odetta—only 33 but already a folk-music force—sang "I'm on My Way." And she was. The ...
Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill ...
Bad news comes from the world of music this morning. Actually, it's bad news for the world, period. Folk singer Odetta Holmes has died at the age of 77. I had the chance to interview Odetta for a ...
Listen to more of Steve Inskeep's interview with Odetta. Folk-music legend Odetta died Tuesday at the age of 77. In this 2005 interview, she discusses her long and diverse career. Odetta Holmes ...
Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a soundtrack to the American civil rights movement, has died at age 77, her manager said on Wednesday ...
Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill ...
Prominent civil rights folk singer Odetta died at 77 from heart disease at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital Tuesday. The NewsHour remembers the Grammy-nominated artist and her influence on fellow ...
Folk singer Odetta, shown arriving at the Salute to the Blues concert at Radio City Music Hall in February 2003, moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century. She has died at age ...