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  AllRefer.com - Joan Baez (Music: Popular And Jazz, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Joan Baez[bIpstr;ez, bA´–] Pronunciation Key, 1941–;, American folk singer and political activist, b.
Baez began singing traditional folk ballads, blues, and spirituals in Cambridge, Mass., coffeehouses in a clear soprano voice with a three-octave range.
Baez's records were the first folk albums to become best-sellers.
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 Joan Baez Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Joan Baez, was born on Staten Island, New York, to a Quaker family of Mexican, English and Scottish descent.
Baez, at the time only ten years old, was deeply influenced by the poverty and inhumane treatment suffered by the local population in Baghdad.
From the early to mid-1960's, Baez emerged at the forefront of the American roots revival, where she introduced her audiences to the then-unknown Bob Dylan (the two became romantically involved in late 1962, remaining together through early 1965), and was emulated by artists such as Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
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Joan Chandos Báez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her distinctive vocal style as well as her outspoken activism and political views.
Joan Baez was born in Staten Island, New York, into a Quaker family of Mexican, English and Scottish descent.
From the early to mid-1960s, Baez emerged at the forefront of the American roots revival, where she introduced her audiences to the less prominent Bob Dylan (the two became romantically involved in late 1962, remaining together through early 1965), and was emulated by artists such as Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Baez, Joan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
BAEZ, JOAN [Baez, Joan], 1941-, American folk singer and political activist, b.
COVER STORY: Folk heroine; Joan Baez was the queen of the Sixties protest movement, with a voice of elemental power and a charisma to match.
Culture: Dark chords and dark forces; Veteran folk diva Joan Baez is letting today's young songwriters provide her with new material.
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 Joan Baez
In diamonds and in rust.(social beliefs and influence of folk singer Joan Baez)(Brief Article)
Positively 4th Street: the lives and times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina.(Audiobook Review)(Young Adult......
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina.
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 Sheet Music Plus - Joan Baez: The Joan Baez Songbook
I might not be able to sing a soprano but it has helped me in my music tremendously!"
"All the old Joan Baez favorites listed by title and by first line.
I'm ordering a copy for a friend in Australia who does Baez as well as anyone I've heard."
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