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Barbara Dane

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Born
12 May 1927 (age 96)
Born In
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman on 12 May 1927 in Detroit) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer. Born into a white middle-class family, as a child Dane sang and played piano in Sunday school and also learned to play guitar. Right out of high school, Barbara began to raise her strong voice regularly at demonstrations for racial equality and economic justice. From the mid-40s she became involved with the labor, civil rights and feminist movements. While still in her teens, she began to sit in with bands around town and won the interest of local music promoters. She … read more
Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman on 12 May 1927 in Detroit) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer. Born into a white middle-class family, as a child Dane sang and played piano in Sunday school and also learned to play guitar. Right out of high school, Barbara began to raise her… read more
Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman on 12 May 1927 in Detroit) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer. Born into a white middle-class family, as a child Dane sang and played piano in Sunday school and also learned to play guitar. Right out of high school, Barbara began to raise her strong voice regularly at demonstrations for racial equality and econom… read more

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1 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs Nine Hundred Miles
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2 Play track I Hate the Capitalist System I Hate the Capitalist System
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3 Play track Good as I Been to You Little Maggie
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4 On My Way I'm on My Way
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5 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs Ramblin'
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6 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs Don't Sing Love Songs
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7 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs When I Was A Young Girl
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8 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs Girl Of Constant Sorrow
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9 Play track Anthology of American Folk Songs The Danville Girl
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10 Play track I Hate the Capitalist System Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
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    1 Jan 1959 · 15 tracks

    Anthology of American Folk Songs
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    31 Dec 1972 · 14 tracks

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