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Jean Ritchie

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Aliases
Jean Ritchie and Ensemble
Real name
Jean Ruth Ritchie
Born
December 8, 1922
Died
June 1, 2015
Country
United States
IPI
00026147796 14 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Folksinger, songwriter & collector, dulcimer player, raised in the Cumberland Mountains. Her Anglo-Scots-Irish heritage was rich in songs sung by generations hidden away in the Appalachians. In 2002, she was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
Member of
The Wanderin' Five
Family
Edna Ritchie Sister
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Originals

Covers by Jean Ritchie

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1963 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
1962 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
1954 Cousin Emmy
1956 (unknown)
1954 Vernon Dalhart
1959 Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett
1952 John Jacob Niles
1990 George Reneau
i 1954 (unknown)
1962 Henry Whitter
1954 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
1959 Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
1959 (unknown)
i 1963 (unknown)
1959 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1954 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
1990 Buell Kazee
1961 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
2001 (unknown)
1954 (unknown)
1962 Kelly Harrell
1963 Kelly Harrell
1954 Bessie Calkins Shipman, (unknown)
1952 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1952 The Weavers
1959 (unknown)
October 1954 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1962 Vernon Dalhart
2001 Blind Willie Johnson
1956 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
(Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand) 1963 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1954 (unknown)
1961 Bentley Ball
1957 (unknown)
1952 Buell Kazee
1954 (unknown)
1952 (unknown)
1952 (unknown)
1990 Kelly Harrell
1971 Kelly Harrell
  1962 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
1962 (unknown)
1954 (unknown)
1963 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
1990 (unknown)
1957 A.C. (Eck) Robertson
1956 (unknown)
1959 (unknown)
1955 (unknown)
1952 Burnett and Rutherford
i 1963 (unknown)
  1957 Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
1963 Mississippi John Hurt
1963 The Carter Family
1962 (unknown)
1990 Jean Ritchie
1955 (unknown)
1952 Clarence Ashley
1975 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1954 (unknown)
1962 Vernon Dalhart, Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
1962 Vernon Dalhart
1954 Bentley Ball
1984 The Jenkins Family
1959 (unknown)
1961 Carolina Tar Heels
1963 Carolina Tar Heels
1962 Ernest Thompson
1954 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1957 Carolina Tar Heels
1962 Carolina Tar Heels
1957 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1961 Buell Kazee
1987 (unknown)
1962 Dixon Brothers
1962 George Reneau
1963 (unknown), Hugh Cross
i 1959 (unknown)
1963 (unknown)
1963 Samantha Bumgarner, (unknown)
1963 Burnett & Rutherford
1957 (unknown)
1971 Buster Carter & Preston Young

Songs written by Jean Ritchie

Original songs

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand & David Sear 1959 Folkways
American Folk Tales and Songs Jean Ritchie, Paul Clayton and Richard Chase 1957 Tradition [US]
A Time for Singing Jean Ritchie 1965 Warner Bros. Records
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains Jean Ritchie 1961 Folkways
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2 Jean Ritchie 1961 Folkways
Carols of All Seasons Jean Ritchie 1959 Tradition [US]
Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains Jean Ritchie 1957 Folkways
Clear Waters Remembered Jean Ritchie 1971 Sire
Courting Songs Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand October 1954 Elektra
Field Trip Jean Ritchie 1954 (self-released)
High Hills and Mountains Jean Ritchie 1979 Greenhays
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson 1963 Folkways
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City [1990] Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson 1990 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Jean Ritchie at Home Jean Ritchie 1975 Pacific Cascade Records
Jean Ritchie Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family Jean Ritchie 1952 Elektra
Kentucky Christmas, Old and New Jean Ritchie 1987 Greenhays
Kentucky Mountain Songs Jean Ritchie 1954 Elektra
None but One Jean Ritchie 1977 Sire
Precious Memories Jean Ritchie 1962 Folkways
Saturday Night and Sunday Too Jean Ritchie 1956 Riverside [US]
Shivaree! Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry & Jeanie West 1955 Esoteric Records
The Most Dulcimer Jean Ritchie 1984 Greenhays

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