Leon Bibb
About the artist
Leon Bibb (February 7, 1922 – October 23, 2015) was an American folk singer and actor who grew up in Kentucky, studied voice in New York, and worked on Broadway. His career began when he became a featured soloist of the Louisville Municipal College glee club as a student. He lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after 1969. Bibb was born in Louisville, Kentucky and was one of the performers at the first Newport Folk Festival in 1959. He also had his own NBC television talk show.
Top songs
- It Could Be A Wonderful World
- John Hardy
- Sinner Man
- Rocks And Gravel
- Irene
- Follow The Drinking Gourd
- Eas' Man
- Last Letter To The Western Civilization
- Brother, Where Are You?
- Sylvie
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- Squirrel
- Joe Hill
- Cotton-Eyed Joe
- Lonesome Traveller
- Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies
- told my captain
- Ol' Man River
- Darlin'
- Dink's Song
- Theme Brown Girl (For Gloria)
- Poor Lolette
- Motherless Child
- God Bless' The Child
- Danny Boy
- Rainbow Round My Shoulder
- Fields of Gold
- Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
- Round The World Polka
- Times Are Getting Hard
- The Ballad of the Virgin Soldiers
- Slaves
- The House That I Live In
- Five Hundred Miles
- I Am Free
- I Want To Live In A Friendly World
- The Prelude (Ol' Man River)
- Let Me Fly
- From Children of the Ghetto
- Look Over Yonder
- Brown-Skinned Cow
- What Makes A Good American
- Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
- Shenandoah / The Water Is Wide
- I'm Proud To Be Me
- My Man
- Ol' Commodore Gray
- I Seen Little Rosie
- Take This Hammer
- Every Night When The Sun Goes In
- Celebration
- The Prelude
- Home In That Rock
- Balm in Gilead
- Weepin' Mary
- On Our Journey
- Love Like a Good Song
- We're Building A Happier World
- They Call The Wind Maria - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 3/10/63
- Red Rosy Bush
- Columbus Said Si Si Signor
- Turn on All the Lights
- Praising Peace
- Look Inside Your Heart
- Midnight Special
- American Hymn 1
- I've Got A Church
- Ma Rainey's Blues
- John Hardy (Album Version)
- If We Only Have Love
- He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
- American Hymn 2
- Bald Headed Woman
- A Friend Like You
- This is the Hammer That Killed John Henry
- This Is My Life
- Turn! Turn! Turn! - To Everything There Is A Season
- Sinnerman
- God Bless The Child
- Measure the Valleys
- There's a River
- Another Man Done Gone
- Close Your Eyes And Point Your Finger
- Deep River
- Tol' My Captain
- Prettest Train
- Smile Away the Rain
- I Climbed the Mountain
- Another Spring
- Put On Your Robe Son
- Deep River / I've Known Rivers / Mirey
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
- Stewball
- Time Are Getting Hard
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
- Shenandoah/The Water Is Wide
- Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
- Moonshine Lullaby
- John Hardy [Album Version]
- Track Lining
- Sinner Man (Live)
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