Lead Belly
（重定向自Huddie Ledbetter）
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![Lead Belly's draft registration card, c. 1942](/Images/godic/202501/18/Lead_Belly_draft_registration_card,_ca._19425039.jpg")
![Louisiana State Penitentiary, where Lead Belly served time](/Images/godic/202501/18/AngolaLAPrison5039.jpg")
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Huddie William Ledbetter /ˈhjuːdi/ (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced. He is best known as Lead Belly. Though many releases list him as "Leadbelly", he himself wrote it as "Lead Belly", which is also the spelling on his tombstone and the spelling used by the Lead Belly Foundation.