Birth Name:

Odetta Holmes

Female

Birth Date:

Wed, Dec 31, 1930

Time of Birth:

09:20 AM

Place of Birth:

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Age:

93

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Cap

15'

Moon

18°

Tau

50'

Asc

20°

Aqu

1'

MC

4°

Sag

30'

About Odetta

Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time magazine included her recording of "Take This Hammer" on its list of the 100 Greatest Popular Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music."

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Odetta's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

• AP Obituary in The New York Times

• Windsor now

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Odetta

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Odetta: Sun 9 Capricorn, Moon 18 Taurus, Mercury 20 Capricorn, Venus 27 Scorpio, Mars 15 Leo, Jupiter 16 Cancer, Saturn 13 Capricorn, Uranus 11 Aries, Neptune 5 Virgo, Pluto 20 Cancer, Asc 20 Aquarius, Mc 4 Sagittarius, Sun Trine Neptune, Moon Sextile Pluto, Mercury Opposition Jupiter, Moon Trine Mercury, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Opposition Pluto, Moon Square Mars, Moon Square Ascendant, Sun Conjunct Saturn, Moon Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mercury Semi Sextile Ascendant, Mercury Semi Square Midheaven, Venus Semi Square Saturn, Venus Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Venus Conjunct Midheaven, Mars Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Mars Trine Uranus, Mars Opposition Ascendant, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Uranus, Jupiter Conjunct Pluto, Saturn Square Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Square Midheaven, Pluto Quincunx Ascendant, Pluto Sesquiquadrate Midheaven

Categories related to Odetta: December 31 births, Alabama, African-American female singers, 1930 births, United States National Medal of Arts recipients, 20th-century American guitarists, Musicians from Birmingham, 20th-century American singers, 20th-century American women singers, RCA Victor artists, 2008 deaths, African-American guitarists, Guitarists from Alabama, Vanguard Records artists, American blues singers, Los Angeles City College alumni, Activists for African-American civil rights, American women guitarists, Fast Folk artists, Tradition Records artists, Fantasy Records artists, Belmont High School (Los Angeles) alumni

Photo attribution: Jac. de Nijs / Anefo, Nationaal Archief