Sam Gary (February 19, 1917 – July 20, 1986) was an American blues and folk singer known for his collaboration with

Josh White Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the Sout ...

. Born in Florida, Gary in the 1940s was a member of Josh White and His Carolinians and the

Almanac Singers The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti- ...

. In 1956, and as a soloist he was produced by

Dean Gitter Dean L. Gitter (September 21, 1935 – November 21, 2018) was an entrepreneur, musician, and real estate developer in the Catskills in New York State. Biography Gitter was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Harvard College, the London Academy of M ...

and with guitar accompaniment by Josh White, recorded an album for the British record label

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. One year later it was released in the U.S. on Tom Wilson's

Transition Records Transition Records was a jazz record company and label based in Cambridge, Massachusetts established by Tom Wilson in 1955. A short lived label, Transition announced several albums which were left unreleased, including recordings by Jo Mapes, Yuse ...

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Illustrated Sam Gary discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gary, Sam 1917 births 1986 deaths American blues singers American folk singers 20th-century African-American male singers