Jean Ritchie
American musician and folklorist
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Elektra Records
- In Elektra Records: Village Folk to “Riders on the Storm”
Simply recorded albums by Jean Ritchie, Josh White, and Theodore Bikel achieved substantial sales without the need for expensive marketing or hit singles, even after Elektra moved to offices on West 14th Street near Greenwich Village. But, while the other labels mostly stuck to traditional notions of folk, Elektra…
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