{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Argo | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = 1935<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = 1981<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | known_for = Traditional folk musician and collector }} '''Arthur Argo''' (1935–1981) was a Scottish traditional folk musician, promoter and collector<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb231ms3088andgb231ms3124 |title=gb231-ms3088etc - Papers of Arthur Argo and Arthur Barron |publisher=Archives Hub |accessdate=2014-04-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714210140/http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb231ms3088andgb231ms3124 |archive-date=2012-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the great grandson of Gavin Greig.
Argo came from a family with a rich traditional song heritage. Argo worked alongside Hamish Henderson collecting field recordings from the North East of Scotland<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/ |title=index |publisher=Tobar an Dualchais |date= |accessdate=2014-04-24 |archive-date=31 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531145827/http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en |url-status=dead }}</ref> and beyond. Argo, was a promoter of the work of Scottish folk artists and their music. After working as a journalist in the North East, from 1966 he worked for BBC Scotland, from 1973 as a producer with Radio Scotland. He produced the long-running radio series 'Fit Like Folk?', and 'The Reel Blend', a Scottish music series. He was the founder and president of the Aberdeen Folksong Club and published a series of folk song booklets in the 1960s called 'Chapbook'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/maclean/works/ballad.htm |title=Ballad Of John Maclean |publisher=Marxists.org |date= |accessdate=2014-04-24}}</ref> Many musicians such as Aly Bain,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkfire.org/v6n1.htm |title=FolkFire Articles Archive, v6, n1 |publisher=Folkfire.org |date=1999-02-13 |accessdate=2014-04-24}}</ref> Barbara Dickson, Jean Redpath and Billy Connolly cite Argo as a major influence and stepping stone in their early careers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Aidan |url=http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/right-down-the-line-remembering-gerry-rafferty-1-2032994 |title=Right down the line: Remembering Gerry Rafferty |publisher=The Scotsman |date=2012-01-03 |accessdate=2014-04-24}}</ref> Argo visited the United States twice in the early 1960s and met many of the established and rising stars of the American folk scene including Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan.
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