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Joan Baez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist. Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues. Baez began her career performing in coffeehouses in Boston and Cambridge, and rose to fame as an unbilled performer at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status, and stayed on the charts for two years. Baez had a popular hit song with "Diamonds & Rust" and hit covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Other songs associated with Baez include "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". She performed three of the songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment. Baez performed publicly for over 52 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish as well as in English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. She is regarded as a folk singer, although her music has diversified since the 1960s, encompassing everything from folk rock and pop to country and gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez is generally regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, having recorded songs by The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and many others. In recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of modern songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Steve Earle and Natalie Merchant. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Baez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 9, 1941 In Staten Island, New York City, New York United States
Movie/TV Credits:
48
First Appeared:
In the movie The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973
Latest Project:
Movie Joan Baez: I Am a Noise 2023-10-06
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973 2025
Movie Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Self 2023-10-06
Movie 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self (voice) 2022-11-19
Movie Ennio Self 2022-02-17
Movie A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings Self 2021-10-14
Movie Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort Self (archive footage) 2020-03-13
Movie Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 Self 2019-03-01
Movie Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese The Balladeer 2019-06-11
Movie Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation Self 2019-05-24
Movie King in the Wilderness Self 2018-01-22
Movie Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live Self 2015-12-20
Movie The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain Self (archive footage) 2014-11-25
Movie Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Self 2013-12-13
Movie Martin Luther King and the March on Washington Self 2013-01-01
Movie Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune Self 2011-01-05
Movie Bulles de Vian Self 2009-06-18
Movie Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Self 2009-08-09
Movie Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Self 2009-10-14
Movie Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Self 2009-09-12
Movie Slacker Uprising Self 2007-09-07
Movie 65 Revisited Self (archive footage) 2007-11-28
Movie Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Self 2007-09-14
Movie No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Self 2005-07-21
Movie Live Aid Self 2004-11-16
Movie Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Self 2002-12-04
Movie Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival Self 1996-02-15
Movie The History of Rock 'n' Roll Self 1995-03-06
Movie Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work Self 1993-12-31
Movie Berkeley in the Sixties Self (archive footage) 1990-04-23
Movie The Return of Bruno Joan Baez 1987-02-07
Movie In Remembrance of Martin Self 1986-02-08
Movie Live Aid Self 1985-07-13
Movie Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' Self 1984-01-01
Movie Merton: A Film Biography Self 1984-01-01
Movie Renaldo and Clara The Woman in White 1978-01-25
Movie The Memory of Justice Self 1976-10-04
Movie Bob Dylan: Hard Rain Self 1976-09-14
Movie Sing Sing Thanksgiving Self 1974-04-03
Movie The Making of Silent Running Self 1972-01-01
Movie Scruggs: A Festival of Music Self 1972-06-01
Movie Celebration at Big Sur Self 1971-12-10
Movie Dynamite Chicken 1971-01-20
Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970-03-24
Movie Woodstock Self 1970-03-26
Movie Festival Self 1967-10-23
Movie Dont Look Back Self 1967-05-17
Movie The Big T.N.T. Show Self 1965-12-22
Movie The March Self 1964-12-31