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Joan Baez (1941- ) released her first album of folk music in 1960 at the age of 19 and went on to contribute to folk rock, pop, country, and gospel. With eight gold albums, a gold single (“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”), and seven Grammy nominations to her credit, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Popularly known as a singer of other people’s work, she is also an accomplished songwriter as well as a political activist.
