" Folk singer Judy Collins, who knew the song before she could remember learning it, witnessed Fannie Lou Hamer leading marchers in Mississippi in 1964, singing " Amazing Grace ".

* John Denver – Folk singer, born in Roswell

* June 14 – Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian Folk singer

* Folk singer Al Stewart mentions Haarlem in his song " Amsterdam ".

Folk singer Woody Guthrie's song, " 1913 Massacre ", is based on this event.

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie lives in Washington, as does singer / songwriter James Taylor.

* Bill Morrissey ( 1951-2011 ), Folk music singer / songwriter, graduated ABRHS in 1969

Folk singer Tom Winslow was born in Hobgood.

* Kate Rusby ( 1973 – present ) Folk singer

Folk singer Matt McGinn was born in the Calton, but lived in Rutherglen for many years and wrote songs which mention Rutherglen like " Ru ' glen Jean " and " Rosy Anna ".

* Folk singer Muğlalı Memiş ( Memiş Güniç )

* Folk / Alternative singer / songwriter Bill Mallonee includes references to the Great Wallenda stepping out over Tallulah Gorge in his song " Balaam's Ass " from the recording Blister Soul by the Vigilantes of Love.

* Recording of Vietnamese folk singer Pham Duy at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival ( made available for public use for the State Archives of Florida )

Robert Wyatt provided his eerie Wyattron in the poignant ' Cold Shoulder ', Phil Manzanera contributed to the brooding ' Brainstorm ', Hugh Hopper from Soft Machine played bass on the title track and Bridget St. John, a British Folk singer beloved of John Peel, duetted with Ayers on ' Baby Come Home ', the first time they had sung together since 1970 on Shooting at the Moon.

British Folk singer Beans on Toast has a song on his album Standing on a Chair entitled The Pub in Holloway about the burning of the Nambucca bar which is on Holloway Road.

Provo based folk singer / songwriter Joshua James had moderate success in 2007 when his album The Sun is Always Brighter reached number one on the iTunes Folk Album chart.

American folk singer Charlie Zahm also has a version on his album Festival Favorites, as does American Folk Singer Robert Marr on his 2011 album " Celticism ".

Folk singer Stan Rogers, who died in an airplane crash in 1983, was born in Dundas as well.

* Folk singer Stan Rogers was raised in Dundas.

Folk rock singer Shane Howard wrote " Let the Franklin Flow ", which became an anthem for the campaign .< ref name =" NLAFranklin "> It was performed by members of his band ( Goanna ) and members of Redgum under the pseudonym, Gordon Franklin & the Wilderness Ensemble.

Folk singer Kate Rusby and mathcore band Rolo Tomassi live nearby.

* Folk singer Billy Edd Wheeler wrote and performed a song titled " The Little Brown Shack Out Back ", a sentimental look at the outhouse.

Geritol was often used in the 1960s as a punch line for a joke in sitcoms or in comedy routines ; comic singer Allan Sherman satirized Geritol on his 1962 album My Son, the Folk Singer, singing " Yasha got a bottle of Geritol " to the tune of " Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho ".

After the surf craze, Jan and Dean scored two Top-30 hits in 1965: " You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy " and " I Found a Girl "— the latter from the album Folk ' n Roll.

The album won a Grammy in 2000 ; as an indicator of how difficult it is to classify Waits's music, he was nominated simultaneously for Best Contemporary Folk Album ( which he won ) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( for the song " Hold On "), both different from the genre for which he won his previous Grammy.

In 2007 Helm released a new album, a homage to his southern roots called Dirt Farmer, which was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album on February 9, 2008.

Folk / country musician Tom Russell wrote " Manzanar ", a song about the Japanese American internment, that was released on his album Box of Visions ( 1993 ).

Her true professional career began at that 1959 Newport Folk Festival ; following that appearance, she recorded her first album for Vanguard, Joan Baez ( 1960 ), produced by Fred Hellerman of The Weavers, who produced many albums by folk artists.

Folk Rock band Sun Kil Moon recorded an eponymous song about Sanchez on their 2003 album Ghosts of the Great Highway.

* " Sail Away Lady " on Hal Willner's The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, tribute album 2006

* Folk musician and songwriter Sufjan Stevens ' song " Redford ( For Yia-Yia & Pappou )," which appeared on his 2003 album Michigan, mutely chronicles Stevens ' childhood experiences in Redford Township, where his grandparents lived.

* British group, Alabama 3, recorded a tribute to Bruce Reynolds about the robbery, " Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds " ( originally recorded by The Fylde Folk ) on which he appears, on their 2005 album, Outlaw.

His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer ( 1962 ), became the fastest-selling record album up to that time.

The result was a long playing album of these parodies, My Son, the Folk Singer, which was released in 1962.

In 1962, capitalizing on his success, Jubilee Records re-released Sherman's 1951 single on the album More Folk Songs by Allan Sherman and His Friends, which was a compilation of material by various Borscht Belt comedians, such as Sylvia Froos, Fyvush Finkle and Lee Tully, along with the Sherman material.

) The popularity of " Sarah Jackman " ( as well as the album My Son, the Folk Singer ) was enhanced after President John F. Kennedy was spotted in a hotel lobby singing the song.

It was the success of this album that prompted Channel 4 launch their own music division when the second series of Queer As Folk was made — an international franchise that is still around today.

The album won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album in 2005.

" The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 17, Billboard Folk Albums at No. 1, Amazon. com at No. 1, and iTunes, No. 3.

The Wind won two Grammys, with the album itself receiving the award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, while " Disorder in the House ", Zevon's duet with Bruce Springsteen, was awarded Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.

The album has a low-key rock sound, mixed with Folk, country, psychedelia and pop influences.

For this album they received the Folk / Ethno Album Of The Year award in Estonia.

The song was also included on A. L. Lloyd's 1955 album The English And Scottish Popular Ballads, using Kidson's melody, but the version using the melody later developed by Simon & Garfunkel in " Scarborough Fair / Canticle " was first recorded on a 1956 album, English Folk Songs, by Audrey Coppard.

Folk singer-songwriters ( τραγουδοποιοί ) first appeared in the 1960s after Dionysis Savvopoulos ' 1966 breakthrough album Fortighó.

* Viking / Folk metal band Týr ( band ) covers " I " on the 2011 album The Lay of Thrym.