Waltzing Matilda - Josh White
1951
Waltzing Matilda - Josh White
1951
- NFSA IDR9KQSKD3
- TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
- MediumAudio
- FormMusic
- GenresFolk music, Popular music
- Year1951
Waltzing Matilda became a popular song with foreign folk singers of various kinds in the 40s and 50s. Singers like Burl Ives, William Clausen, Harry Belafonte and the South African duo of Marias & Miranda all recorded versions as well as this blues tinged example by African-American singer and guitarist Josh White from 1951. White had originally recorded the song in 1944 for a set of discs sold only to American servicemen and then again in 1947 for a four disc album on Decca records.
Photo courtesy of the Estate of Josh White (Sr.) and the Josh White Archives.
Waltzing Matilda became a popular song with foreign folk singers of various kinds in the 40s and 50s. Singers like Burl Ives, William Clausen, Harry Belafonte and the South African duo of Marias & Miranda all recorded versions as well as this blues tinged example by African-American singer and guitarist Josh White from 1951. White had originally recorded the song in 1944 for a set of discs sold only to American servicemen and then again in 1947 for a four disc album on Decca records.
Photo courtesy of the Estate of Josh White (Sr.) and the Josh White Archives.
- NFSA IDR9KQSKD3
- TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
- MediumAudio
- FormMusic
- GenresFolk music, Popular music
- Year1951
- PerformerJosh WhiteProduction companyLondon L1154
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