Pete Seeger
Birthday
May 03, 1919
Day of Death
Jan 27, 2014 (94 years)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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 ca...
Movies (59)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
The Winding Stream
2014
Gasland
2010
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Palme
2012
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Strange Fruit
2002
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Alice's Restaurant
1969
Down By The Riverside
2023
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
TV Shows (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
Tonight in Person
1963
The David Susskind Show
1959
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
Rainbow Quest
1965
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977
As Crew... (11)
Cattle Ranch
1961
Indian Summer
1960
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966
The Foolish Frog
1971
The End of the Line
1959
Lines: Horizontal
1962
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
1964
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
1964
The Fight for Maritime Unity
1946
Pick a Bale of Cotton
1945
