Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919-2014) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 94
Peter Seeger was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and left-wing social activist.
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Lee Hays Bandmate in The Weavers
Ronnie Gilbert Bandmate in The Weavers
Arthur Penn Directed Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Martin Scorsese Directed American Masters
Peter Gabriel Duets: Shosholoza
Lily Tomlin Also in Sesame Street and American Masters
Sam Cooke Duets: The Riddle Song
Bill Irwin Also in Sesame Street and American Masters
Carly Simon Duets: The Riddle Song
Burl Ives Duets: The Riddle Song
Ani DiFranco Duets: My Name is Lisa Kalvelage
Gene Deitch Directed The Foolish Frog (1971)
Duane Eddy Duets: The Riddle Song
Jimmie Rodgers Duets: The Riddle Song
Eddy Arnold Duets: The Riddle Song- Tom Wilson Produced God Bless the Grass (1966)
Bob Johnston Produced Rainbow Race (1971)
Robert B. Weide Directed American Masters
Morgan Neville Directed American Masters
Perry Miller Adato Directed American Masters
Sérgio Dias Duets: Shosholoza
Chuck Workman Directed American Masters- Frances Foster Also in Sesame Street and American Masters
- Karen Goodman Directed American Masters
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Peter Seeger (on father's lap) with his father and mother, Charles and Constance Seeger and brothers on a camping trip (May 23, 1921)
Seeger (second from right) with the Vagabond Puppeteers, 1939![Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt (center), honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of the United Federal Labor Canteen, CIO, in then-segregated Washington, D.C., 1944[34]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/PeteSeeger2.jpg/500px-PeteSeeger2.jpg)
Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt (center), honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of the United Federal Labor Canteen, CIO, in then-segregated Washington, D.C., 1944[34]
Four long-neck banjos inspired by Seeger's. The instrument on far left was closely constructed to match Seeger's. American Banjo Museum.
Pete Seeger, Stern Grove, San Francisco, August 6, 1978
Sloop Clearwater sailing up the Hudson River
Seeger in 1999Awards
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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, especially 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, workers' rights, counterculture, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War.
