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

  1. It Could Be A Wonderful World
  2. John Hardy
  3. Sinner Man
  4. Rocks And Gravel
  5. Irene
  6. Follow The Drinking Gourd
  7. Eas' Man
  8. Last Letter To The Western Civilization
  9. Brother, Where Are You?
  10. Sylvie
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  1. Squirrel
  2. Joe Hill
  3. Cotton-Eyed Joe
  4. Lonesome Traveller
  5. Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies
  6. told my captain
  7. Ol' Man River
  8. Darlin'
  9. Dink's Song
  10. Theme Brown Girl (For Gloria)
  11. Poor Lolette
  12. Motherless Child
  13. God Bless' The Child
  14. Danny Boy
  15. Rainbow Round My Shoulder
  16. Fields of Gold
  17. Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
  18. Round The World Polka
  19. Times Are Getting Hard
  20. The Ballad of the Virgin Soldiers
  21. Slaves
  22. The House That I Live In
  23. Five Hundred Miles
  24. I Am Free
  25. I Want To Live In A Friendly World
  26. The Prelude (Ol' Man River)
  27. Let Me Fly
  28. From Children of the Ghetto
  29. Look Over Yonder
  30. Brown-Skinned Cow
  31. What Makes A Good American
  32. Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
  33. Shenandoah / The Water Is Wide
  34. I'm Proud To Be Me
  35. My Man
  36. Ol' Commodore Gray
  37. I Seen Little Rosie
  38. Take This Hammer
  39. Every Night When The Sun Goes In
  40. Celebration
  41. The Prelude
  42. Home In That Rock
  43. Balm in Gilead
  44. Weepin' Mary
  45. On Our Journey
  46. Love Like a Good Song
  47. We're Building A Happier World
  48. They Call The Wind Maria - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 3/10/63
  49. Red Rosy Bush
  50. Columbus Said Si Si Signor
  51. Turn on All the Lights
  52. Praising Peace
  53. Look Inside Your Heart
  54. Midnight Special
  55. American Hymn 1
  56. I've Got A Church
  57. Ma Rainey's Blues
  58. John Hardy (Album Version)
  59. If We Only Have Love
  60. He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
  61. American Hymn 2
  62. Bald Headed Woman
  63. A Friend Like You
  64. This is the Hammer That Killed John Henry
  65. This Is My Life
  66. Turn! Turn! Turn! - To Everything There Is A Season
  67. Sinnerman
  68. God Bless The Child
  69. Measure the Valleys
  70. There's a River
  71. Another Man Done Gone
  72. Close Your Eyes And Point Your Finger
  73. Deep River
  74. Tol' My Captain
  75. Prettest Train
  76. Smile Away the Rain
  77. I Climbed the Mountain
  78. Another Spring
  79. Put On Your Robe Son
  80. Deep River / I've Known Rivers / Mirey
  81. Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
  82. Stewball
  83. Time Are Getting Hard
  84. Turn! Turn! Turn!
  85. Shenandoah/The Water Is Wide
  86. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
  87. Moonshine Lullaby
  88. John Hardy [Album Version]
  89. Track Lining
  90. Sinner Man (Live)

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