Paul Clayton
Born March 3, 1933, in New Bedford, MA, Paul Clayton maintained a lifelong interest in the folk song tradition, particularly sea shanties and whaling songs, and was an avid collector of folk tunes. He first heard the old sea shanties from his grandfather, and by fiften years old he was singing them himself, along with other folk material he collected, on a series of radio shows. After earning a pair of degrees from the University of Virginia (where he studied with folklorist Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.), he collected extensively in the Appalachians, and was instrumental in the first recordings of such traditional folk artists as Etta Baker and Hobart Smith. Clayton was a fixture in the Greenwich Village scene during the folk revival, and went on to record several albums of traditional material for the Folkways, Tradition, Riverside, Electra, Monument, and Stinson labels. The melody to his song "Who'll Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone," in turn based on the traditional song "Scarlet Ribbons for Her Hair," provided Bob Dylan with the melody line for "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," and led to a brief legal skirmish between the two singers in the mid-'60s, which was apparently settled amicably. Clayton died on March 30, 1967, reportedly by taking an electric appliance into his bathtub, thus ending a life, although beset by drug use and depression, that was full of the joy of songs and singing.
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Sailing And Whaling Songs Of The 19th Century
Folk - Released by Legacy International on 1 Jan 2006
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Paul Clayton Sings Home Made Songs And Ballads (Album Version)
Pop/Rock - Released by Legacy Recordings on 30 Oct 2009
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Dulcimer Songs and Solos
Folk - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1962
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Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World
Folk - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1956
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Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)
Pop/Rock - Released by Legacy Recordings on 30 Oct 2009
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Whaling and Sailing Songs
Pop - Released by Tradition Records on 28 Oct 1997
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Bay State Ballads
Folk - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1956
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British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition
Folk - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1957
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Whaling and Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick (Remastered)
Pop - Released by Tradition Records on 11 Sep 1956
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American Folk Tales and Songs
Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase
Pop - Released by Tradition Everest on 4 Sep 1956
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Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia
Folk - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1956
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Cumberland Mountain Folksongs
Pop - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1957
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Bobby Burns' Merry Musus Of Caledonia
Pop - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 15 Jun 2010
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Unholy Matrimony
Pop - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 27 Jan 2006
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American Songs of Revolutionary Times
Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase
Folk - Released by Tradition Everest on 9 Jul 1957
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Go Down You Blood Red Roses
Pop - Released by Grammphon on 1 Dec 2021
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The Bobby Burns Songbook
Folk - Released by Long Road on 7 Jan 2010
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Famous Sea Shanties - Songs Of The Seven Seas
Folk - Released by Corner Musik on 5 Feb 2021
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The Dying Sailor to His Shipmates
Pop - Released by Royale Grande on 1 Mar 2022
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Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone)
Pop - Released by Royale Grande on 1 Mar 2022
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