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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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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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