# Hedy West

> Hedwig Grace "Hedy" West was an American folksinger, songwriter and song catcher. She belonged to the same generation of folk revivalists as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Carolyn Hester. Her most famous song "500 Miles" is one of America's most popular folk songs. English folk musician A. L. Lloyd declared West to be "far and away the best of [the] American girl singers in the [folk] revival."

*American folksinger and songwriter (1938-2005)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1938-04-06
- **Died:** 2005-07-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 16.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2919117/ (@nm2919117)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/851960)
- [هيدي ويست](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [هيدى ويست](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [Hedy West](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_West)
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- [Hedy West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_West)
- [Hedy West](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_West)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62df28ac-4c6f-462a-8247-3332ccebae38)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4990341)

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