Leadbelly

[led-bel-ee]

noun

1. Ledbetter, Huddie.

Leadbelly

/ ˈlɛdˌbɛlɪ /

noun

1. real name Huddie Ledbetter. 1888–1949, US blues singer and guitarist

Example Sentences

She sang Leadbelly’s “Midnight Blues” and the spiritual “Down by the Riverside.”

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But for three carol singers standing outside Leadbelly’s, a bar in south London, there was a more immediate problem: a lack of tenors.

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He wrote one of his first plays to Leadbelly’s “Ol’ Riley.”

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At university, he wrote an essay about artists such as Leadbelly and Ray Charles who blurred the artificial distinction between black and white music.

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Seeger sang his famous “If I Had A Hammer,” but also songs from artists ranging from Woody Guthrie to Leadbelly.

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