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Abbey Lincoln
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Abbey Lincoln began as a nightclub singer and appeared in a Hollywood film in 1956. Billie Holiday was her great example. Through her relationship with drummer Max Roach, whom she married, she became involved in the civil rights movement. On We Insist! (1960) she sang and screamed in the section Protest, a piece without words. Her own album Straight Ahead (1961) was rejected by some critics because she was said to be too political. She also acted in films, including For Love of Ivy (1968). In the 1990s she made a series of albums of her own songs for the label Verve, which made her widely known again.
Listening
Driva' Man · Max Roach, 1960
Throw It Away · Abbey Lincoln, 2007
Straight Ahead · Abbey Lincoln, 1961
Discography
Studio albums
- 1957Abbey Lincoln’s Affair... A Story of a Girl in Love
- 1957That’s Him!
- 1958It’s Magic
- 1959Abbey Is Blue
- 1960Moon Faced and Starry Eyed
- 1961Straight Ahead
- 1973People in Me
- 1977Sounds As A Roach
- 1980Painted Lady
- 1984Talking to the Sun
- 1989A Tribute to Billie Holliday
- 1990The World Is Falling Down
- 1991You Gotta Pay the Band
- 1992Abbey Sings Billie, Volume 2
- 1992Devil’s Got Your Tongue
- 1993Abbey Sings Billie
- 1993When There Is Love
- 1995A Turtle’s Dream
- 1997Who Used to Dance
- 1998Wholly Earth
- 2003It’s Me
- 2004Over the Years
- 2007Abbey Sings Abbey
Other work
- 1960We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
In School of Rock
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