John Lomax developed an Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

John Lomax编纂了一份美国民间音乐档案，保存在国会图书馆。

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For example, Lead Belly's "Good Night, Irene" became a huge hit for the folk group the Weavers. That was in 1949, a year after John Lomax died.

比如，在1949年，约翰·洛马克斯去世的一年后，莱德·百利的《晚安，艾琳》这首歌就成为了民乐组合“纺织工”四人合唱团的的主打曲目。

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She helped her father and brother, John and Alan Lomax, collect folk music.

她帮助自己的父亲和哥哥，John和Alan Lomax搜集民间音乐。

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In nineteen thirty-four, John Lomax became honorary consultant and curator of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

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But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

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Some music writers say John Lomax paid himself too much out of Lead Belly's income.

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In the decade before World War II, he and his father, the famed folklorist and collector John Lomax, took several historic trips through the South collecting material while working for the Library of Congress, making the first recordings of Muddy Waters and Fred McDowell, and capturing other legends like Jelly Roll Morton and Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter.

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