Baez, Joan

Her “big break” came at age 18, when folksinger Bob Gibson invited her to perform with him at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. The set of songs that she performed with Gibson caused a sensation with both critics and fans. Baez's first, self-titled album rose to No. 3 on the Billboard charts in 1960. Over the next decade, she released a dozen albums, and performed before tens of thousands of fans in concerts and at such legendary events...