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Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger is a folk artist from United States formed in 1939. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Folk · United States · Best folk albums

47
Releases
1950–2014
Active years
1939
Formed
2014
Died

Discography

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Pete Seeger's Family Concert cover

Most popular

Pete Seeger's Family Concert

1992 · 12 tracks

Live & compilations

9

Credits

1

Records Pete Seeger worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Appears on

2

Releases by other artists featuring Pete Seeger.

Featured tracks

4

Collaborators

2

Community

More about Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger at a glance

Born in
New York City
From
United States
Active since
1939
Instruments
guitar, banjo, voice
Voice
tenor
Member of
The Weavers
Labels
Folkways Records, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Fast Folk
Educated at
Harvard University, Avon Old Farms School
Spouse
Toshi Seeger
Children
Mika Seeger
Parents
Charles Seeger, Constance de Clyver Edson
Siblings
Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Children listed are those with their own public record, so the list may be incomplete.

About

Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919; † 27. Januar 2014) was an American folk singer. 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, and environmental causes. As a song writer, he is best known as the author or co-author of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)", (composed with Lee Hays of The Weavers), and "Turn, Turn, Turn!", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are still sung throughout the world. "Flowers" was a hit recording for The Kingston Trio (1962); Marlene Dietrich, who recorded it in English, German and French (1962); and Johnny Rivers (1965).

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"If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul & Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963), while The Byrds popularized "Turn, Turn, Turn!" in the mid-1960s, as did Judy Collins in 1964, and The Seekers in 1966. Seeger was one of the folksingers most responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists) that became the acknowledged anthem of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement, soon after folk singer and activist Guy Carawan introduced it at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. In the PBS "American Masters" episode Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Seeger states it was he who changed the lyric from the traditional "We will overcome" to the more singable "We shall overcome".

On screen

26

Acting roles

As themselves

About Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger in brief

How many Pete Seeger releases are on Riffiter?
47 releases are catalogued, spanning 1950 to 2020.
When was Pete Seeger formed?
Pete Seeger formed in 1939, in United States.
What genre is Pete Seeger?
Pete Seeger is catalogued under Folk, Singer-Songwriter.
What is the most recent Pete Seeger release on Riffiter?
Bring Me A Little Water (Live), released in 2020.
Who is Pete Seeger married to?
Pete Seeger is married to Toshi Seeger.
Does Pete Seeger have children?
Mika Seeger is a child of Pete Seeger on public record.

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