Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in 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. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, workers' rights, counterculture, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Seeger is the 137th most popular musician (up from 221st in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,240th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Musician.

Pete Seeger is most famous for his work with the Almanac Singers, the Weavers, and as a solo artist. He has written or co-written "If I Had a Hammer", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "If I Had a Hammer", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "If I Had a Hammer", "We Shall Overcome", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "We Shall Overcome", "If I Had a Hammer", "If I Had a Hammer", "We Shall Overcome", "If I Had a Hammer", "We Shall Overcome", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "We Shall Overcome", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "We Shall Overcome", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "We Shall Overcome", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Overcome".