Singer who influenced Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin

• "__ Sings Folk Songs": 1963 Grammy nominee
• "Cool Water" singer
• U.S. folk singer
• Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music”
• Husky-voiced folk-blues singer
• Single-named folksinger
• Folk singer from Birmingham, Ala.
• Martin Luther King Jr. called her "the queen of American folk music"
• Singer called "the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement"

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Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta , was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire ...