Joan Baez
Biography
The most accomplished interpretive folksinger of the 1960s, Joan Baez has influenced nearly every aspect of popular music in a career still going strong. Baez is possessed of a once-in-a-lifetime soprano, which, since the late '50s, she has put in the service of folk and pop music as well as a variety of political causes. Starting out in Boston, Baez first gained recognition at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, then cut her debut album, Joan Baez (October 1960), for Vanguard Records. It was made up of 13 traditional songs, some of them children's ballads, given near-definitive treatment. A moderate success on release, the album took off after the breakthrough of Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (September 1961), and both albums became huge hits, as did Baez's third album, Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 1 (September 1962). Each album went gold and stayed in the bestseller charts more than two years.. The most accomplished interpretive folksinger of the 1960s, Joan Baez has influenced nearly every aspect of popular music in a career still going strong. Baez is possessed of a once-in-a-lifetime soprano, which, since the late '50s, she has put in the service of folk and pop music as well as a variety of political causes. Starting out in Boston, Baez first gained recognition at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, then cut her debut album, Joan Baez (October 1960), for Vanguard Records. It was made up of 13 traditional songs, some of them children's ballads, given near-definitive treatment. A moderate success on release, the album took off after the breakthrough of Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (September 1961), and both albums became huge hits, as did Baez's third album, Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 1 (September 1962). Each album went gold and stayed in the bestseller charts more than two years.
Top Albums |
1. Greatest Hit..
| 2. Diamonds &am..
| 3. The Complete..
| 4. Noël (Bonus..
| 5. Gracias a La..
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6. From Every S..
| 7. 20th Century..
| 8. How Sweet th..
| 9. Ring Them Be..
| 10. The Greatest..
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11. Day After To..
| 12. Baez Sings D..
| 13. Gone from Da..
| 14. Any Day Now
| 15. Blowin' Away
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16. Blues Essent..
| 17. Farewell, An..
| 18. Classic Voic..
| 19. A Debut In C..
| 20. Classics, Vo..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Liv.. | Complete A&M Recordings | 3:25 | $1.29 | |
2. | Diamonds and Rust | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | 4:46 | $1.29 | |
3. | Forever Young (Single Version) | Complete A&M Recordings | 3:52 | $1.29 | |
4. | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Liv.. | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | 3:40 | $1.29 | |
5. | Please Come to Boston | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | 4:13 | $0.99 | |
6. | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Best of Joan Baez | 3:25 | $1.29 | |
7. | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
8. | Blowin' In the Wind (Live) | Complete A&M Recordings | 2:29 | $0.99 | |
9. | Amazing Grace | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | 4:24 | $0.99 | |
10. | Cherry Tree Carol | Acoustic Christmas Music | 3:32 | $0.99 | |
11. | Oh Freedom | Portrait of John Fitzgerald.. | 4:19 | $0.69 | |
12. | Matty Groves | Classic Voices | 7:24 | $0.99 | |
13. | Old Blue | Classic Voices | 2:38 | $0.99 | |
14. | Barbara Allen | Classic Voices | 4:23 | $0.99 | |
15. | Silkie | Classic Voices | 4:03 | $0.99 | |
16. | Lily of the West | Classic Voices | 3:24 | $0.99 | |
17. | Trees They Do Grow High | Classic Voices | 3:02 | $0.99 | |
18. | Wagoner's Lad | Classic Voices | 2:17 | $0.99 | |
19. | El Preso Numero Nueve | Classic Voices | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
20. | Henry Martin | Classic Voices | 4:17 | $0.99 | |
21. | Mary Hamilton | Classic Voices | 6:00 | $0.99 | |
22. | Little Moses | Classic Voices | 3:33 | $0.99 | |
23. | John Riley | Classic Voices | 3:55 | $0.99 | |
24. | Donna Donna | Classic Voices | 3:16 | $0.99 | |
25. | Wildwood Flower | Classic Voices | 2:39 | $0.99 | |