- Aliases
- Huddie Leadbelly
Lead Belly - Personal name
- Huddie William Ledbetter
- Born
- January 23, 1888
- Died
- December 6, 1949
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00017609586 30 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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His date of birth is uncertain: According to his grave he was born in 1889, and according to his 1942 draft registration card the date was January 23, 1889. However, the 1900 United States Census lists him born in January 1888.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 - Ranking
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594th most covered composer/author
344th most covered performer
