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Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly 's " Goodnight, Irene ," which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger: 20 Essential Tracks. Remember the folk icon with a playlist spanning his acclaimed career. The late Pete Seeger was such a broadband conduit of folk music, who recorded so ...
Jan 6, 2023 · 1967 ★ Pete Seeger — Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits. “These are my ‘hits?’. Columbia Records picked the title of this album, not me. Now read the truth,” Pete Seeger says at the...
Jul 5, 2024 · Pete Seeger (born May 3, 1919, New York City, New York, U.S.—died January 27, 2014, New York City) was a singer who sustained the American folk music tradition and who was one of the principal inspirations for younger performers in the folk revival of the 1960s.
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both a vital heritage and a catalyst for...
Pete Seeger. @PeteSeegerOfficial ‧. ‧. 1.86K subscribers ‧ 18 videos. "I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for ...
For nearly 70 years as a performer, Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music – communication, entertainment, social comment, historical continuity, inclusiveness.
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger, the legendary folk musician who helped spearhead the American folk revival, died Monday night in New York City at the age of 94 from natural causes. Across more than seven decades,...
Jan 28, 2014 · A tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia marked by peace and togetherness, Pete Seeger's tools were his songs, his voice, his enthusiasm and his musical instruments.
Jan 28, 2014 · Obituary: Pete Seeger - BBC News. 28 January 2014. Reuters. Seeger went to Harvard but left to travel across America. With such hits as Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and If I Had a Hammer,...
