Editing Joan Baez (section)

===First albums and 1960s breakthrough===
[[File:Joan Baez 1963.jpg|right|thumb | alt=Baez stands behind a too-tall podium bristling with microphones, wearing a plaid sleeveless top, longish hair in a feather cut |Baez playing at the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington]] in August 1963]]
Her true professional career began at the 1959 [[Newport Folk Festival]]. Following that appearance, she recorded her first album for Vanguard, ''[[Joan Baez (album)|Joan Baez]]'' (1960), produced by [[Fred Hellerman]] of [[The Weavers]], who produced many albums by folk artists. The collection of traditional folk [[Ballad (music)|ballads]], blues, and [[lament]]s sung to her own guitar accompaniment sold moderately well. It featured many popular [[Child Ballads]] of the day and was recorded in only four days in the ballroom of New York City's Manhattan Towers Hotel. The album also included "[[Gracias a la Vida (album)#Track listing|El Preso Numero Nueve]]", a song sung entirely in Spanish, which she would re-record in 1974 for inclusion on her Spanish-language album ''[[Gracias a la Vida (album)|Gracias a la Vida]]''.

[[File:JoanBaez1966-1a.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Ira Sandperl]] and Baez (center) at the [[Frankfurt]] Easter March 1966]]
She made her New York concert debut on November 5, 1960, at the [[92nd Street Y]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joanbaez.com/chronology.html|title=The Joan Baez Web Pages|website=joanbaez.com|access-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817040215/http://www.joanbaez.com/chronology.html|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on November 11, 1961, Baez played her first major New York concert at a sold-out performance at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]]. Robert Shelton, folk critic of the ''[[New York Times]]'', praised the concert, saying, "That superb soprano voice, as lustrous and rich as old gold, flowed purely all evening with a wondrous ease. Her singing (unwound) like a spool of satin."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1961-joan-baez-plays-her-first-major-new-york-concert-at-a-sold/ |author=Stu Steadman |title=1961 – Joan Baez plays her first major New York concert |year=2017 |work=thisdayinrock.com |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627171618/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1961-joan-baez-plays-her-first-major-new-york-concert-at-a-sold/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Years later when Baez thought back to that concert, she laughed, saying: "I remember in 1961 my manager sending me this newspaper (clipping) in the mail (which) read, 'Joan Baez Town Hall Concert, SRO.' I thought SRO meant 'sold right out.' I was so innocent of it all."<ref>David A. Maurer (March 10, 2016). "Joan Baez: Folk Singer, Hereditary Activist". ''The Daily Progress''.</ref>

[[File:Joan_Baez_(1966).jpg|thumb|upright|Baez at [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam Airport]], 1966]]
Her second release, ''[[Joan Baez, Vol. 2]]'' (1961), went [[Music recording sales certification|gold]], as did ''[[Joan Baez in Concert]], Part 1'' (1962) and ''[[Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2]]'' (1963). Like its immediate predecessor, ''Joan Baez, Vol. 2'' contained strictly traditional material. Her two albums of live material, ''Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1'' and its second counterpart were unique in that unlike most live albums, they contained only new songs rather than established favorites. It was ''Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2'' that featured Baez's first-ever Dylan cover. From the early to the mid-1960s, Baez emerged at the forefront of the American [[roots revival]], where she introduced her audiences to the then-unknown [[Bob Dylan]] and was emulated by artists such as [[Judy Collins]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Joni Mitchell]], and [[Bonnie Raitt]]. On November 23, 1962, Baez appeared on the cover of ''Time Magazine''—a rare honor then for a musician. Although primarily an album artist, several of Baez's singles have charted, the first being her 1965 cover of [[Phil Ochs]]' "There but for Fortune", which became a mid-level chart hit in the U.S. and Canada, and a top-ten single in the United Kingdom.

[[File:Joan Baez 1966.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Baez in 1966]]
Baez added other instruments to her recordings on ''[[Farewell, Angelina]]'' (1965), which features several Dylan songs interspersed with more traditional fare. Deciding to experiment with different styles, Baez turned to [[Peter Schickele]], a classical music composer, who provided classical orchestration for her next three albums: ''[[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]'' (1966), ''[[Joan (album)|Joan]]'' (1967), and ''[[Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time]]'' (1968). ''Noël'' was a Christmas album of traditional material, while ''Baptism'' was akin to a [[concept album]], featuring Baez reading and singing poems written by celebrated poets such as [[James Joyce]], [[Federico García Lorca]], and [[Walt Whitman]]. ''Joan'' featured interpretations of work by contemporary composers, including [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]], [[Tim Hardin]], [[Paul Simon]], and [[Donovan]].

In 1968, Baez traveled to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where a marathon recording session resulted in two albums. The first, ''[[Any Day Now (Joan Baez album)|Any Day Now]]'' (1968), consists exclusively of Dylan covers. The other, the country-music-infused ''[[David's Album]]'' (1969), was recorded for husband [[David Harris (protester)|David Harris]], a prominent anti-[[Vietnam War]] protester eventually imprisoned for [[draft resistance]]. Harris, a country music fan, turned Baez toward more complex [[country rock|country-rock]] influences beginning with ''David's Album''. Later in 1968, Baez published her first memoir, ''Daybreak'' (by [[Dial Press]]). In August 1969, her appearance at [[Woodstock]] in upstate New York raised her international musical and political profile, particularly after the successful release of the documentary film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'' (1970).

Beginning in the late 1960s, Baez began writing many of her own songs, beginning with "[[Sweet Sir Galahad]]" and "A Song For David", both songs appearing on her 1970 ''[[(I Live) One Day at a Time]]'' album; "Sweet Sir Galahad" was written about her sister Mimi's second marriage, while "A Song For David" was a tribute to Harris. ''One Day at a Time'', like ''David's Album'', featured a decidedly country sound. Baez's distinctive vocal style and political activism had a significant impact on American popular music. She was one of the first musicians to use her popularity as a vehicle for social protest, singing and marching for human rights and peace. [[Pete Seeger]], [[Odetta]], and decades-long friend [[Harry Belafonte]] were her early social justice advocate influences.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/joan-baez-9195061|title=Joan Baez|website=Biography.com|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302233744/http://www.biography.com/people/joan-baez-9195061|url-status=live}}</ref> Baez came to be considered the "most accomplished interpretive folksinger/songwriter of the 1960s".<ref name="Baez1941">[http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3830.html Joan Baez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131042744/http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3830.html |date=January 31, 2012 }}. United States History. History.com.</ref> Her appeal extended far beyond the folk music audience.<ref name="Baez1941" /> Of her fourteen Vanguard albums, thirteen made the top 100 of Billboard's mainstream pop chart, eleven made the top forty, eight made the top twenty, and four made the top ten.<ref>{{cite web |author=Artist Biography by William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joan-baez-p1917/charts-awards |title=Joan Baez: Charts and Awards, All Music. Retrieved December 1, 2011 |work=AllMusic |date=January 9, 1941 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=March 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301025442/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joan-baez-p1917/charts-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>