Pete Seeger



First NamePete
Last NameSeeger
Full Name at BirthPeter Seeger
Age92
Date of BirthMay 3, 1919
BirthplaceNew York, New York, USA
Height6' 3" (190 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignTaurus
ReligionUnitarian
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolAvon Old Farms, Avon, CT (boarding school)
UniversityHarvard University (dropped out)
Occupation CategorySinger
Claim to FameWhere Have All the Flowers Gone
Music GenreFolk
Music StyleChildren's, Traditional Folk, Political Folk, Folk Revival, Folksongs, Children's Folk, Protest Songs
Music MoodEarnest, Organic, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Sentimental, Plaintive, Earthy, Poignant, Gentle, Boisterous, Reverent, Wistful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Happy, Refined/Mannered
InstrumentBanjo, Guitar, Vocals
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  • Pete Seeger

Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer and an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival 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 Leadbelly'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.


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Discography

2003
Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3

1993
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy And Other Love Songs

1992
Pete Seeger’s Family Concert

1983
Songs Of The Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1: Songs Of The Lincoln Brigade, Six Songs For Democracy

1979
Circles & Seasons

1976
Fifty Sail On Newburgh Bay - Hudson Valley Songs, Old & New

1976
Young Vs. Old

1975
Live Concert

1975
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Together In Concert

1974
Banks Of Marble

1973
Sings Folk Music Of The World

1972
Songs Of The USA

1971
Rainbow Race

1970
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

1969
"John Henry" And Other Folk Favorites

1968
Sings And Answers Questions (At The Ford Hall Forum Boston Massachussets)

1968
Birds Beasts Bugs And Little Fishes

1968
How To Play The 5-String Banjo

1967
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie

1967
Traditional Christmas Carols

1967
Abiyoyo And Other Story Songs For Children

1966
God Bless The Grass

1966
Dangerous Songs!?

1965
Strangers And Cousins

1965
Sing With Seeger

1965
Sings Little Boxes & Other Broadsides

1965
Broadside

1964
Freight Train

1964
In Concert - I Can See A New Day

1964
Sing With Seeger! Live - At The Village Gate (Greenwich Village)

1963
At Carnegie Hall

1963
Children's Concert At Town Hall

1963
Sing Out! Hootenanny With Pete Seeger And The Hooteneers

1963
We Shall Overcome

1963
The 12-String Guitar As Played By Leadbelly

1962
The Bitter And The Sweet

1961
Sing Out With Pete

1961
Songs Of The Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1: Songs Of The Lincoln Brigade, Six Songs For Democracy

1961
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide

1961
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide: An Instruction Record By Pete Seeger

1960
Indian Summer

1960
Pete Seeger At The Village Gate

1960
Pete Seeger At The Village Gate, Vol. 2

1960
Folk Songs For Young People

1959
Nonesuch And Other Folk Tunes

1959
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

1958
Love Songs For Friends & Foes

1958
American Favorite Ballads, Volume 2

1958
Sing And Play Time

1958
Sleep-Time Songs & Stories By Pete Seeger

1957
American Favorite Ballads

1957
American Ballads

1956
American Industrial Ballads

1956
With Voices Together We Sing

1954
American Folk Songs For Children

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Hootenanny With Pete Seeger

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Western Story Frontier Ballads By Pete Seeger

Filmography

Selected Pete Seeger film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

1998
Along the Erie Canal
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1993
Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union
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1974
Rien qu'une petite chanson d'amour
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1971
The Foolish Frog
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1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
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1968
Gavilan
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1967
Silvo
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1962
Lines: Horizontal
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1961
Cattle Ranch
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1960
Indian Summer
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
La Marató 2010
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2010
Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató
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2008
The Nostalgia Critic
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2007
I'm Not There.
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2007
Banda sonora
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2007
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
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2006
Clatterford
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2006
Por Toda Minha Vida
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2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
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2005
Letzte Tanz, Der
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2004
White Chicks
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2003
Our Country
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2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
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2002
In America
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2002
American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land
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2001
Rebels
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2001
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
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2000
Steal This Movie
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2000
Aliens to Themselves
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1999
Crazy in Alabama
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1999
Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs
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1999
Independent Lens
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1998
Antz
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1998
Last Night
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1998
A Bright Shining Lie
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1996
The Delicate Art of the Rifle
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1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
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1995
Steal Big Steal Little
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1994
A Low Down Dirty Shame
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1994
Forrest Gump
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1994
La pasión turca
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1994
There Goes My Baby
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1992
Malcolm X
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1992
The Mambo Kings
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1991
Dogfight
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1989
Cousins
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1989
The Simpsons
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1988
Sesame Street, Special
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1987
Raising Arizona
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1985
Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action
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1984
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
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1983
Heart Like a Wheel
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1982
The Kingston Trio and Friends: Reunion
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1973
An Evening with Marlene Dietrich
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1970
Homer
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1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
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1966
The Big T.N.T. Show
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1965
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour
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1957
The Lux Show
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Writer Credits

1971
The Foolish Frog
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