John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980)

American singer of mainly traditional songs. Warning: sings falsetto.

Albums.

Title.	Year.	Label.	Number
Early Mountain Ballads	1938
American Folk Lore Vol 3	1941	RCA Red Seal	M-824
I Wander As A I Wander/ Carols and Love Songs	1958	Tradition Records
[Reissued as "The Tradition Years: I Wonder as I Wander"]	1958	Empire Musikweks
An Evening With John Jacob Niles	1959	Tradition Records
[Reissued as "The Tradition Years: An Evening With John Jacob Niles"]	2002	Empire Musikweks
The Ballads of John Jacob Niles	1960	Tradition Records	TLP1046
[Reissue]	2007	Essential	942 311 018-2
John Jacob Niles: Folk Balladeer	1965	RCA	LPV-513
Ballads	2007	Essential Media Group
The Lass From The Low Countree (*)	2008	Albany

(** sung by Hope Koehler)

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Sings Folk Songs	1964	Folkways	FA 2372
The Best of John Jacob Niles	1967	?	?
My Precarious Life in the Public Domain (*)	2006	Rev-Ola	crrev318

(* recorded 1938 - 1941)

Singles.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
Folk Songs of Xmas Vol 1 (EP)	1955	?	?
Folk Songs of Xmas Vol 2 (EP)	1955	?	?

DVDs.

Title	year.	Label.
No Direction Home (Bob Dylan documentary)(*)	2006

(* contains one song by John Jacob Niles)

Last updated on 22/12/2010