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Overview
Date of Birth:
29 January
1885
,
Louisiana, USA
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Date of Death:
6 December
1949
, New York City, New York, USA
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Trivia:
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Early Influences)...
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Alternate Names:
Harry 'Leadbelly' Leadbetter
Filmography
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Soundtrack:
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009) (writer: "The Grey Goose")
Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live
(2007) (V) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Meat Loaf - 3 Bats Live (USA: DVD box title)
The Brave One
(2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
TMNT
(2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA: long title)
The Condemned
(2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
Kurt Cobain About a Son
(2006) (performer: "The Bourgeois Blues")
The Dukes of Hazzard
(2005) (writer: "Black Betty")
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005) (writer: "Ramblin' Round", "Goodnight Irene", "Green Corn") (performer: "Goodnight Irene")
... aka Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia)
Guess Who
(2005) (writer: "Black Betty" (1935))
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
(2005) (writer: "Black Betty")
The Aviator
(2004) (writer: "Howard Hughes" (1940)) (performer: "Howard Hughes" (1940))
... aka Aviator (Germany)
White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights
(2004) (V) (writer: "Take a Whiff on Me", "De Ballit of de Boll Weevil")
Without a Paddle
(2004) ("Black Betty")
American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land
(2002) (TV) (writer: "Cotton Fields")
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
(2002) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA: video box title)
Blow
(2001) (writer: "Black Betty")
Kiss the Girls
(1997) ("Goodnight Irene")
Inventing the Abbotts
(1997) (writer: "Goodnight, Irene") (performer: "Goodnight, Irene")
Squish Story
(1996) (writer: "Tight Like That")
... aka Squish Story: The Making of 'Commander Squish'
Houseguest
(1995) (writer: "Goodnight Irene")
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
(1993) (performer: "Pick a Bale of Cotton")
"Unplugged"
(1 episode, 1992)
... aka MTV Unplugged
-
Eric Clapton
(1992)
TV episode
(arranger: "Alberta")
Made in Heaven
(1987) (writer: "Goodnight Irene")
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(1983) (writer: "THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL")
The Jerk
(1979) (music: "Pick A Bale Of Cotton")
Renaldo and Clara
(1978) (writer: "In the Pines")
Bound for Glory
(1976) ("Roll On, Columbia")
"Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers"
(1 episode, 1969)
... aka Dean Martin Presents
... aka Dean Martin Presents Music Country (USA: new title)
... aka Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (USA: new title)
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Episode #2.3
(1969)
TV episode
(writer: "Cotton Fields" (uncredited))
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet"
(1 episode, 1963)
... aka Ozzie and Harriet
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June Music Festival
(1963)
TV episode
(lyrics: "Rock Island Line")
"The Lux Show"
(1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
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Episode #1.9
(1957)
TV episode
(music: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine")
Archive Footage:
Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy
(2009) .... Himself
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
(2007) .... Himself
"American Masters"
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Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
(2006)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
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The Road to Rock 'n' Roll
(2001)
TV episode
(as Harry 'Leadbelly' Leadbetter) .... Himself
Blues Odyssey
(2001) (TV) .... Himself
Blues Masters
(1999) (V)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
(1993) .... Himself - Performer
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
(1988) (V) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
CD: "Bourgeous Blues--Golden Classics, Part 1" (VCL)
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