Joan Baez

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Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer/songwriter of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early ’60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry.

In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably “Diamonds & Rust,” a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and “Sweet Sir Galahad,” a song about her late sister Mimi Fariña’s second marriage) and continued to meld her songcraft with topical issues. She was outspoken in her disapproval of the Vietnam war and later the CIA-backed coups in many Latin American countries.

She was also instrumental in the Civil Rights movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on many occassions and being jailed for her beliefs. In 1963, her performance of “We Shall Overcome” at the Lincoln Memorial just prior to Dr. King’s famous “I Have A Dream…” speech helped turn the song into a Civil Rights anthem.

In December 1972, she traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and was caught in that country’s “Christmas Campaign,” in which the U.S. bombed the city more times than any other during the entire war. While pregnant with her only son, Gabriel, she performed a handful of songs in the middle of the night on day one of the 1969 Woodstock festival. She is considered the “Queen of Folk” for being at the forefront of the 1960s folk revival and inspiring generations of female folksingers that followed. Nearly fifty years after she first began singing publicly in 1958, Joan Baez continues to tour, demonstrate in favor of human rights and nonviolence, and release albums for a world of devoted fans. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Diamonds and Rust full track	4:46	13,502	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Forever Young full track	3:39	5,034	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Simple Twist of Fate full track	4:49	3,959	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Imagine full track	3:28	3,897	Buy mp3

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1	1	Add this track to your playlist Blowin' in the Wind	570
1	2	Add this track to your playlist Here's to You	561
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Diamonds and Rust full track	520
–	4	Add this track to your playlist The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	287
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Forever Young full track	184
2	6	Add this track to your playlist Diamonds & Rust	164
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Sweet Sir Galahad	161
2	8	Add this track to your playlist Silver Dagger	156
3	9	Add this track to your playlist Imagine full track	147
4	10	Add this track to your playlist Gracias a la Vida	142
2	11	Add this track to your playlist Simple Twist of Fate full track	141
4	12	Add this track to your playlist It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	128
6	13	Add this track to your playlist Joe Hill	126
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Love Song to a Stranger full track	118
2	15	Add this track to your playlist Let It Be	110
2	16	Add this track to your playlist Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer full track	105
2	17	Add this track to your playlist Jesse full track	102
6	17	Add this track to your playlist Farewell, Angelina	102
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Children and All That Jazz full track	101
6	20	Add this track to your playlist Suzanne	90

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Here's to You	7,429
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Blowin' in the Wind	7,375
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Diamonds and Rust full track	5,850
–	4	Add this track to your playlist The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	3,969
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Joe Hill	2,252
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Forever Young full track	2,100
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Sweet Sir Galahad	2,067
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Diamonds & Rust	2,024
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Silver Dagger	1,974
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Imagine full track	1,745
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Simple Twist of Fate full track	1,715
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Love Song to a Stranger full track	1,638
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Gracias a la Vida	1,606
1	14	Add this track to your playlist It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	1,575
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Let It Be	1,566
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Children and All That Jazz full track	1,502
3	17	Add this track to your playlist Farewell, Angelina	1,481
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer full track	1,233
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Jesse full track	1,220
–	20	Add this track to your playlist El Preso Numero Nueve	1,163
1	21	Add this track to your playlist Suzanne	1,051
1	22	Add this track to your playlist House of the Rising Sun	1,026
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) full track	960
–	24	Add this track to your playlist Fountain of Sorrow full track	925
–	25	Add this track to your playlist The Night They Drove Old Dixie	842
1	26	Add this track to your playlist Sweeter for Me full track	834
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Guantanamera	831
2	28	Add this track to your playlist We Shall Overcome	794
5	29	Add this track to your playlist Hello In There full track	765
1	30	Add this track to your playlist In the Quiet Morning full track	752
–	31	Add this track to your playlist The Lily of the West	731
2	32	Add this track to your playlist Motherland	730
1	33	Add this track to your playlist Donna Donna	682
8	34	Add this track to your playlist Blue Sky full track	676
2	35	Add this track to your playlist Please Come to Boston	672
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	671
3	37	Add this track to your playlist Geordie	668

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