Negro Sinful Songs
''Negro Sinful Songs'' (or ''Negro Sinful Songs Sung by Lead Belly'') is a 1939 record album, album by Lead Belly, produced by Alan Lomax. On April 1, 1939, Lead Belly had a recording session with Musicraft Records. There were a total of 14 takes, with 10 of them being selected for the album. ''Negro Sinful Songs'' was originally released as a five-disc collection of 10" Gramophone record, 78 rpm records, catalog number Musicraft Album 31. The first song on the album, "Frankie and Johnny (song), Frankie and Albert," had to be split into two parts due to play time constraints of 78 rpm discs (each side could hold about three minutes of sound). Originally, both halves of the song were issued on the first disc of the album, on side A and B. At some point after the first pressing, the second half of the song was moved to side A of the second disc. This was done to accommodate automatic record changers, which could easily move from one disc to another but not flip discs. "Looky, Looky, ...
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Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines", "Goodnight, Irene", "Midnight Special (song), Midnight Special", "Cotton Fields", and "Boll Weevil (song), Boll Weevil". Lead Belly usually played a twelve-string guitar, but he also played the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, and diatonic accordion, windjammer. In some of his recordings, he sang while clapping his hands or stomping his foot. Lead Belly's songs covered a wide range of genres, including gospel music, blues, and folk music, as well as a number of topics, including women, liquor, prison life, racism, cowboys, work, sailors, cattle herding, and dancing. He also wrote songs about people in the news, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitl ...
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