Pete Seeger
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, Seeger also 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. 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, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
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Gasland
2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Strange Fruit
2002
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Alice's Restaurant
1969
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Palme
2012
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Festival
1967
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
The Internationale
2000
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
Freedom Summer
2014
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
An Act of Conscience
1997
Give Me the Banjo
2011
The Winding Stream
2014
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982
Chords of Fame
1984
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983
Down By The Riverside
2023
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015