Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Odetta Gordon
Odetta Gordon
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| Other authors / contributors: | Odetta, 1930-2008, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2006 March 17.
Recorded New York, New York 2006 December 6.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Folk singer Odetta was born on December 31, 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama, as Odetta Holmes. After graduating from high school, she attended Los Angeles City College where she studied classical opera before being introduced to folk music. In 1947, Odetta began her career touring in the musical Finian's Rainbow. Her first job as folksinger came in San Francisco where she quickly became popular with audiences. In 1954, Odetta recorded her first album for Fantasy Records and in 1963, she released Folk Songs, one of the year's best-selling folk albums. Odetta performed at the 1963 March on Washington and for President Kennedy and his cabinet on the nationally televised civil rights special Dinner with the President. Her 1999 album, Blues Everywhere I Go, was nominated for a Grammy Award. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts & Humanities by President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. Odetta passed away on December 2, 2008 at age 77.
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