Lead Belly American musician
Lead Belly is a 61 years old American musician from Louisiana. Lead Belly was born on January 20, 1888 (died on December 06, 1949, he was 61 years old) in Louisiana as Huddie William Ledbetter. His nickname was Lead Belly Leadbelly.
About
Birth name of Lead Belly is Huddie William Ledbetter
No, he died on 12/06/1949, 74 years ago. He was 61 years old when he died. Cause of death: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He died in New York City
Works
Lead Belly Albums (49)
There are 49 albums of Lead Belly.
His last album American Epic: The Best of Lead Belly released 7 years 6 months ago. When American Epic: The Best of Lead Belly released, he was 129 years old. This album contains 14 tracks
His first album Leadbelly ARC & Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 1 (1934-1935) released 89 years ago, he was 46 years old when this album released. There were 28 songs in this album.
View all Lead Belly albums.
Popular Lead Belly Songs
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Old Time Blues Mix, released 6 years ago)
- Midnight Special - Remastered 2002 (Walk Right In (When the Sun Goes Down series), released 21 years ago)
- Goodnight Irene (Relaxing Blues, released 7 years ago)
- Black Betty (Lead Belly's Last Sessions, released 30 years ago)
- Looky, Looky, Yonder / Black Betty / Yellow Women's Doorbells (The Tradition Masters: Lead Belly, released 85 years ago)
- Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In (Leadbelly ARC & Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 2 (1935), released 89 years ago)
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Good Night Irene, released 59 years ago)
- Irene (The Tradition Masters: Lead Belly, released 85 years ago)
- Cotton Fields (Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1, released 28 years ago)
- We Shall Be Free (Leadbelly Vol. 4 1939-1947, released 77 years ago)
Awards (1)
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 .
What was Lead's zodiac sign?Lead Belly zodiac sign was aquarius.
Where does He lives?
He is living in Louisiana.
Other facts about Lead Belly
Alias | Lead Belly Leadbelly |
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Place of death | New York City |
Genre | Country blues, Delta blues, Songster, Folk |
Instrument | Accordion, Piano, Stella (guitar) |
Place of detention | Rikers Island |
Family name | Ledbetter. Show people with the surname Ledbetter |
Residence | Louisiana |
Date of death | 1949-12-06T00:00:00Z |
Cause of death | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
ITunes artist ID (American version) | 904302 |
Official website | Lead Belly official website |
Notable work | The Midnight Special And Other Southern Prison Songs |
Work period (start) | 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Birth name | Huddie William Ledbetter |
Pseudonym | Lead Belly |
Manner of death | Natural Causes |
Instrument | Voice |
Nickname | Lead Belly |
Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
Discography | Lead Belly Discography |
Libris-URI | Hftwxxd145gjn4h |
Europeana entity | Agent/base/60143 |
Ethnic group | African Americans |
Genre | Blues |
Convicted of | Attempted Murder , court: New York , point in time: 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Given name | Hudson , series ordinal: 1 |