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Pete Seeger

05/03/1919 in New York, NY

Genres

  • Traditional Folk
  • Contemporary Folk
  • Folk

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Biography

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, and environmental causes. ... (see more)


Popular Songs

The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (The Soundtrack) album cover
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Live) by Pete Seeger
Folk Songs For Young People (Smithsonian... album cover
Skip To My Lou
Folk Songs For Young People (Smithsonian... album cover
On Top Of Old Smokey
Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Fol... album cover
Casey Jones (Union Scab) by The Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger

Albums by Release Date

The Essential Pete Seeger album cover
The Essential Pete Seeger
by Pete Seeger
Pete Remembers Woody album cover
Pete Remembers Woody
by Pete Seeger
Playlist: The Very Best Of Pete Seeger album cover
Playlist: The Very Best Of Pete Seeger
by Pete Seeger
The World Of Pete Seeger album cover
The World Of Pete Seeger
by Pete Seeger
Live In '65 album cover
Live In '65
by Pete Seeger
At 89 album cover
At 89
by Pete Seeger
American Industrial Ballads album cover
American Industrial Ballads
by Pete Seeger
Which Side Are You On? The Best Of The Almanac Singers album cover
Which Side Are You On? The Best Of The Almanac Singers
by The Almanac Singers
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.4 album cover
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.4
by Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.3 album cover
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.3
by Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.2 album cover
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.2
by Pete Seeger
Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger Vol.3 album cover
Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger Vol.3
by Pete Seeger
Folk Songs For Young People (Smithsonian) album cover
Folk Songs For Young People (Smithsonian)
by Pete Seeger
Birds Beasts Bugs And Fishes (Little And Big) album cover
Birds Beasts Bugs And Fishes (Little And Big)
by Pete Seeger
If I Had A Hammer-Songs Of Hope And Struggle album cover
If I Had A Hammer-Songs Of Hope And Struggle
by Pete Seeger
We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert album cover
We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert
by Pete Seeger
Link In The Chain album cover
Link In The Chain
by Pete Seeger
Their Complete General Recordings album cover
Their Complete General Recordings
by The Almanac Singers
Clearwater Classics album cover
Clearwater Classics
by Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.1 album cover
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.1
by Pete Seeger

Featured on

Pete Remembers Woody album cover
Pete Remembers Woody
by Pete Seeger
Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program album cover
Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Which Side Are You On? The Best Of The Almanac Singers album cover
Which Side Are You On? The Best Of The Almanac Singers
by The Almanac Singers
Calypso In New York album cover
Calypso In New York
by Lord Invader
Very Early Joan album cover
Very Early Joan
by Joan Baez

Compilations

The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (The Soundtrack) album cover
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (The Soundtrack)
by Various Artists
Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan album cover
Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan
by Various Artists
Before The Fall: 24 Prelapsarian Cuts!  album cover
Before The Fall: 24 Prelapsarian Cuts!
by Various Artists
Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways album cover
Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
by Various Artists
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips album cover
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips
by Various Artists
Give US Your Poor: 17 New Recordings To Help End Homelessness album cover
Give US Your Poor: 17 New Recordings To Help End Homelessness
by Various Artists
Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways album cover
Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
by Various Artists
The Folk Years: Blowin' In The Wind album cover
The Folk Years: Blowin' In The Wind
by Various Artists
American Folk Anthology, Vol.1 album cover
American Folk Anthology, Vol.1
by Various Artists
The Ballad Operas: The Martins & The Coys album cover
The Ballad Operas: The Martins & The Coys
by Various Artists
Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988 album cover
Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
by Various Artists
American Roots: A History Of American Folk Music album cover
American Roots: A History Of American Folk Music
by Various Artists
Vanguard Collector's Edition album cover
Vanguard Collector's Edition
by Various Artists
The Prestige-Folklore Years Vol.4: Singing Out Loud album cover
The Prestige-Folklore Years Vol.4: Singing Out Loud
by Various Artists
Peace Is The World Smiling album cover
Peace Is The World Smiling
by Various Artists
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (Soundtrack from the Film) album cover
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (Soundtrack from the Film)
by Various Artists

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