Folk Songs and American History, author Robert Vells writes: “As late as the 1960s, the vehicle that carried men to prison was known as ‘Black Betty,’ though the same name may have also been ...

The first two songs in the trio are “Cardigan” and “August.” “Betty” is the third song to complete the triangle, and the lyrics are from the perspective of James – a 17-year-old boy ...

She will get you high. That’s no lie. Or so the song “Black Betty” informs us. Famously recorded in 1939 by Leadbelly, the great bluesman, the song has been covered by lots of performers ...

Betty Boop is largely recognized ... White singers have a long history of getting away with appropriating black music throughout the 20th century without legally crediting, acknowledging, or ...