MUSICIAN

Pete Seeger

1919 - 2014

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Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk 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 14 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Seeger has received more than 4,669,138 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Pete Seeger is the 221st most popular musician (down from 206th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 62nd 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".

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Seeger ranks 221 out of 3,175. Before him are Dave Brubeck, Izzy Stradlin, György Cziffra, Chris de Burgh, Franz Berwald, and Lady Gaga. After him are Jean-Marie Leclair, Mike Shinoda, Jaco Pastorius, Oscar Peterson, Gianna Nannini, and Thelonious Monk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Pete Seeger ranks 41. Before him are James M. Buchanan, James Lovelock, Mordechai Anielewicz, Jennifer Jones, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Jackie Robinson. After him are Georges Duby, Charles Sweeney, Abdel Hakim Amer, Godfrey Hounsfield, Elisabeth Volkenrath, and Siad Barre. Among people deceased in 2014, Pete Seeger ranks 47. Before him are P. D. James, Yozo Aoki, Maurice Duverger, Veljko Kadijević, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Gyula Grosics. After him are Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Gerald Edelman, Udo Jürgens, Miklós Jancsó, Dale T. Mortensen, and Hans Hollein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Seeger ranks 1,240 out of 20,380. Before him are Martha Washington (1731), E. O. Wilson (1929), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Lady Gaga (1986), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), and Anne Hathaway (1982). After him are Uma Thurman (1970), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Mario Lanza (1921), Valerie Solanas (1936), Gerald Edelman (1929), and Kathryn Bigelow (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Pete Seeger ranks 62. Before him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), Snoop Dogg (1971), Mike Portnoy (1967), Dave Brubeck (1920), Izzy Stradlin (1962), and Lady Gaga (1986). After him are Mike Shinoda (1977), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Thelonious Monk (1917), Carla Bley (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), and Ludacris (1977).

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