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Hedy West
Cartersville, United States • 1938-04-06 – 2005-07-03
Hedy West is credited on 1,093 releases across 238 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,093
Pressings credited
238
Albums
8
Decades active
121
In collections
Biography
Hedwig Grace "Hedy" West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger, songwriter and song catcher. She belonged to the same generation of folk revivalists as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Carolyn Hester. Her most famous song "500 Miles" is one of America's most popular folk songs. English folk musician A. L. Lloyd declared West to be "far and away the best of [the] American girl singers in the [folk] revival." Hedy West played the guitar and the banjo. On banjo, she played both clawhammer style and a unique type of three-finger picking that showed influences beyond old-time and bluegrass such as blues and jazz. She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Women of Achievement.
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Credited work
1,093 releases · 238 albums · active 1952–2025
- Performance · 1,117
- Other credits · 28
- Production · 1
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Gold Star Studios · The Cannery, Nashville · Estudios EMI-Odeon, Barcelona · York-Pala
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
(Ten) Years Together (The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary)
1970
Peter, Paul And Mary
1962
Inside Llewyn Davis (Original Soundtrack Recording)
2013
The Best Of Sonny & Cher
1967
In Concert
1964
Late Again
1968
Black Hole Rainbow
2020
Dueling Banjos
1973
Soul Folk
1969
Peter And Gordon
1964
The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell
1964
American Folk Singers And Balladeers
1964
The Very Best Of Peter Paul And Mary
2005
Acrophobe
2001
The Two Of Us
1972
The Best Of Bobby Bare
1966
For Old Time's Sake
2022
Playlist: The Very Best Of The Hooters
2012
The List
2009
Hooterization: A Retrospective
1996
Starting Over
1995
Zig Zag
1989
Dance With The Shadows / The Sound Of The Shadows
1983
The Best Of Peter And Gordon
1977
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Richard Anthony (2)
- Peter, Paul & Mary
- Peter, Paul And Mary
- The Seekers
- Bobby Bare
- Jonny Hill
- The Kingston Trio
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