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Leadbelly
ITIWBS Started conversation Nov 2, 2010
He's usually reckoned a blues singer, some of his more important original songs include "House of the Rising Sun", "Midnight Special".
One can also reckon him the very soul of 'soul'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOIr_Yxr6Dc
One could make a case the rock and roll tradition began with Leadbelly.
There probably isn't a major performer of the latter twentieth century in folk, blues, country or rock and roll who wouldn't acknowledge a debt.
Leadbelly
Giford Posted Nov 5, 2010
Leadbelly was awesome; 'Take this Hammer' was another major work.
But I'm not sure they were 'his' songs; he was more a 'walking jukebox' with a huge array of blues & folk numbers in his head...
Jump down, turn round, pick a bale of cotton,
Jump down, turn round, pick a bale a day
Gif 
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