Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter 1885-1949) had several shows on WNYC between 1940 and 1948. The first and longest-running was Folksongs of America. Between 1940 and his death in 1949 he also appeared frequently in the WNYC studios performing for Folk Songs for the Seven Million, the WNYC American Music Festival, the Metropolitan Review and on Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival.
Leadbelly appears in the following:
American Jazz Concert
Saturday, February 19, 1949
Incomplete.
(Completed in asset also titled "American Jazz Concert" WNYC: 72582 MUNI: LT5361)
Side 2:
American Federation of Musicians (Local 802) jazz concert with Art Hodes, Ruby Smith, and John Parker
Lead Belly performs his songs "Good Morning Blues," "Ain't Gonna Let ...
"Great American folk singers" : Lead Belly
Monday, February 18, 1946
Folk legend knocks himself out.
America Tells Its Stories : Anne Graham and Lead Belly
Tuesday, February 18, 1941
Another virtuoso performance by the great American folksinger.
Lead Belly, Sam Price, and Albert Ammons in Studio
Wednesday, February 12, 1941
A good time was had by all.
Lead Belly, Sam Price, and Albert Ammons in studio
Wednesday, February 12, 1941
Ralph Berton hosts a music program featuring songs by Lead Belly. At head, Lead Belly has just finished singing "Grey Goose." Berton explains the importance of work songs to labor...