Richard Dyer-Bennet
Richard Dyer-Bennet (October 6, 1913, Leicester, England - December 14, 199… Read Full Bio ↴Richard Dyer-Bennet (October 6, 1913, Leicester, England - December 14, 1991, Monterey, Massachusetts) was an English-born American folk singer (or his own preferred term, "minstrel"), recording artist, and voice teacher.
Dyer-Bennet studied voice with Gertrude Wheeler Beckman and Sven Scholander, and from the first made his living singing. During his peak performance years, he gave 50 concerts a year. He recorded extensively for many labels, and eventually founded his own, Dyer-Bennet Records, and recorded in his own living room. The albums he recorded on his own label have been re-released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways.
A biography - Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel - by Paul O Jenkins will be published in December 2009 by the University Press of Mississippi.
Dyer-Bennet studied voice with Gertrude Wheeler Beckman and Sven Scholander, and from the first made his living singing. During his peak performance years, he gave 50 concerts a year. He recorded extensively for many labels, and eventually founded his own, Dyer-Bennet Records, and recorded in his own living room. The albums he recorded on his own label have been re-released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways.
A biography - Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel - by Paul O Jenkins will be published in December 2009 by the University Press of Mississippi.
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Richard Dyer-Bennet Lyrics
Down in the Valley Down in the valley valley so low Hang your head over…
Greensleeves Alas, my love, you do me wrong To cast me off…
Spanish Is The Loving Tongue Spanish is the loving tongue Soft as music, light as…
Venezuela I met her in Venezuela With a basket on her head And…