Acting · Staten Island, New York, USA · Born January 9, 1941
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice.] Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 and Joan Baez in Concert, all achieved gold record status. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets others' work, having recorded many traditional songs and songs written by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and many others. She was one of the first major artists to record songs by Bob Dylan in the early 1960s; Baez was already an internationally celebrated artist and did much to popularize his early songwriting efforts. Her tumultuous relationship with Dylan later became the subject of songs by each of them and generated much public speculation. On her later albums she has found success interpreting the work of more recent songwriters, including Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Joe Henry. Baez's songs include "Diamonds & Rust" and covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and the Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". She also recorded "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Forever Young", "Here's to You", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". Baez performed fourteen songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights, and the environment. Baez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Baez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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MovieJanis Ian: Breaking Silence
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TVEverybody's Live with John Mulaney
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MovieStepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
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MovieReturn of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
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2023
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Movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
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MovieEnnio
2022
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MovieA Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
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MovieBob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
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MovieBoris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
2020
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MovieRollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
2019
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MovieRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
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MovieWoodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019
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MovieWoody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
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MovieJoan Baez: The Fare Thee Well Tour 2018/2019
2019
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MovieRock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
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MovieKing in the Wilderness
2018
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MovieJoan Baez: 75th Birthday Celebration
2016
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MovieTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
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Movie... Sings Dylan II
2015
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TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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MovieThe Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014
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MovieWoodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014
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MovieAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013
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MovieMartin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
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MoviePhil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
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MovieJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
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MovieHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
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MovieLeonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2009
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MovieBulles de Vian
2009
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MovieWoodstock: Untold Stories
2009
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TVQ&A
2008
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MovieThe Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
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Movie65 Revisited
2007
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MoviePete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
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MovieSlacker Uprising
2007
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Folk Britannia
2006
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MovieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
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MovieLive Aid
2004
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MovieRolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
2004
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MovieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
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Where Are They Now?
1999
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TVLeute heute
1997
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MovieMessage to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996
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MovieThe Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994
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MovieKris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993
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TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
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MovieBerkeley in the Sixties
1990
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MovieWe Shall Overcome
1989
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TVBains de Minuit
1987
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TVLe monde est à vous
1987
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TVSacrée soirée
1987
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MovieThe Return of Bruno
1987
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MovieIn Remembrance of Martin
1986
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MovieLive Aid
1985
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MovieMerton: A Film Biography
1984
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MovieWoody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
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TVChamps-Elysées
1982
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TVFame
1982
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TVHeut' abend
1980
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Okay
1979
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MovieRenaldo and Clara
1978
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Please Turn the Page
1977
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MovieThe Memory of Justice
1976
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MovieBob Dylan: Hard Rain
1976
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TVThe Muppet Show
1976
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MovieBob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
1976
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TVNuméro un
1975
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TVRockpalast
1974
MovieSing Sing Thanksgiving
1974
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MovieThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973
1973
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TVThe Midnight Special
1972
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Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972
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TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
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MovieSing Sing Thanksgiving
1972
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MovieThe Making of Silent Running
1972
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MovieCelebration at Big Sur
1971
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MovieDynamite Chicken
1971
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MovieWondering About Things
1971
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MovieJoan Baez - Blessed Are
1971
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MovieCarry It On
1970
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MovieWoodstock
1970
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MovieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
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TVPlayboy After Dark
1969
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
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Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967
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MovieFestival
1967
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MovieBob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
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MovieThe Big T.N.T. Show
1965
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TVJoan Baez In Concert
1965
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MovieThe March
1964
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Tonight in Person
1963
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVDiscorama
1959
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Joan Baez released from jail in Oakland
