Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

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 its 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Seeger has received more than 3,588,507 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Seeger is the 204th most popular musician (down from 180th in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,033rd in 2019) and the 58th 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".