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Leon Bibb

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Aliases
Lee Charles [US1]
Real name
Charles Leon Arthello Bibb
Born
February 7, 1922
Died
October 23, 2015
Country
United States
Comments
Bibb was part of the folk revival in the late-1950s and early-1960s. He became a resident in British Columbia in 1969, where he has lived ever since.
Member of
The Skifflers as "Lee Charles"
The Pilgrims
Family
Eric Bibb Son
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Managed by Will Moore

Originals

Covers by Leon Bibb

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1963 Fiddlin' John Carson, The Journeymen
March 1960 Vera Hall
January 1962 George Gaynes
March 1960 (unknown)
August 1960 John Jacob Niles
1969 Abbey Lincoln
January 1962 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
August 1960 (unknown)
August 1960 Dykes' Magic City Trio
May 16, 2006 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
March 1960 Blind Willie Johnson
May 16, 2006 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
August 1960 Nassau String Band
1958 Libby Holman with Josh White
August 1960 (unknown)
1958 Buell Kazee
April 1958 Morehouse College Quartette
2002 Sting
2002 Fiddlin' John Carson, The Journeymen
1969 Billie Holiday
1970 Kelly Gordon
September 1967 The Beatles
  September 1967 Bobby Darin REL, Tim Hardin REC
August 1960 (unknown)
September 1967 The Beatles
  1958 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
May 16, 2006 (unknown), Michael Loring
January 1962 Eva Davis
1962 (unknown)
April 1958 (unknown)
January 1964 Pete Seeger
  January 1962 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
  January 1962 Larry Kert PRF,REC,REL
March 1960 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
May 16, 2006 (unknown)
April 1958 (unknown)
1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
April 1958 Paul Robeson with Lawrence Brown
No One To Talk My Troubles To Leon Bibb 1964 Unverified
April 1958 (unknown)
  May 16, 2006 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1958 [Prisoners of Mississippi State Penitentiary's Parchman Work Camp]
August 1960 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
May 16, 2006 (unknown), John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet, (unknown)
1963 Mike Settle and The Settlers
  1958 The Sensational Nightingales REL, Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group REC
March 1960 (unknown)
  January 1962 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  September 1967 Judy Collins REL, The Stormy Clovers PRF
April 1958 Standard Quartette
March 1960 Lead Belly
2002 Lead Belly
1958 Lead Belly
May 16, 2006 Earl Robinson
September 1967 Bob Dylan
August 1960 (unknown), (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
1970 (unknown), The Limeliters

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