Some people sing;odetta testified. Martin Luther King Jr. called Odetta, who died Dec. 2 at 77 of heart disease, "the queen of American folk music." In a career spanning nearly 60 years, she wrapped her booming, classically trained contralto around traditional hymns, work songs and pop tunes. A solid, inspiring figure at 1960s civil rights events, Odetta brought art-song precision to the gospel and blues repertoire. If a line could be drawn from Ma-halia Jackson to Janis Joplin, it would have to go through her. Born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Ala., and raised in Los Angeles, she sang in musical theater as a teenager, and in the early '50s helped form the vanguard of the folk-music movement. Bob Dylan said that her 1956 LP, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, was "the first thing that turned me on to folk singing." She returned the favor by recording an album of Dylan songs in 1965.
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机译：有人唱歌；奥黛塔作证。小马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）叫奥德塔（Odetta），他于12月2日因心脏病去世，享年77岁，是“美国民间音乐女王”。在将近60年的职业生涯中，她用传统的赞美诗，工作歌曲和流行音乐包装了蓬勃发展，受过经典训练的打击乐。奥德塔（Odetta）在1960年代的民权活动中是一个坚实而鼓舞人心的人物，他将艺术歌曲的精确度带到了福音和布鲁斯曲目中。如果可以从马哈里亚·杰克逊（Ma-halia Jackson）到贾尼斯·乔普林（Janis Joplin）划一条线，那将必须经过她。她出生于阿拉巴马州伯明翰的奥德塔·福尔摩斯（Odetta Holmes），在洛杉矶长大，十几岁的时候就在音乐剧院里唱歌，并在50年代初帮助组建了民间音乐运动的先锋队。鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）说，她1956年的唱片《 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues》是“第一件事使我开始进行民间演唱。”她在1965年录制了一张Dylan歌曲专辑，以此回馈了她的厚爱。
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