Anne Bredon
Illustration — Greek vinyl of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", credited to "Traditional arr. Page"; Bredon would be credited with the song in 1991. Anne Leonard Bredon (born Anne Loeb; September 7, 1930 – November 9, 2019) was an American folk singer, best known for composing the song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" while she was a student at University of California, Berkeley in the late 1950s.
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Anne Bredon

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- Full name
- Anne Loeb.
- Born
- 1930. · Berkeley.
- Died
- 2019.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- singer, composer and mathematician.
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley, California State Polytechnic University and Humboldt.
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Illustration — Greek vinyl of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", credited to "Traditional arr. Page"; Bredon would be credited with the song in 1991. Anne Leonard Bredon (born Anne Loeb; September 7, 1930 – November 9, 2019) was an American folk singer, best known for composing the song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" while she was a student at University of California, Berkeley in the late 1950s.
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Recorded at birth as Anne Loeb. Born at Berkeley in 1930, died in 2019.
Anne Bredon studied at University of California, Berkeley and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.
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- 1.Melissa Tav, Embracing life one bead at a time , Madera Tribune, January 22, 2007.
- 2.Janet Smith, The 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' Story, in The Gate at the End of the World: A Collection of Songs by Anne Bredon (Bella Roma Music, 1991), pp. vii-x.
- 3.Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press,
- 4.Williams Gallery West
- 5.Staff (Nov 27, 2019)
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