PETE SEEGER : USA COUNTRY FOLK 1940s
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About Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
Pete Seeger was a member of the leftist-activist New York band ‘The Almanac Singers’ in 1941-1943 with Lee Hays, Millard Lampell and Woody Guthrie. He co-founded ‘The Weavers’ in 1948, a successful folk-pop quartet that was plagued by McCarthyism blacklisting in 1952, and which he left to pursue a solo career:
PETE SEEGER with THE ALMANAC SINGERS ∙ 1941 ∙ Which side are you on? ∙ Talking Union ∙ 1942 ∙ Dear Mr President ∙ SEEGER GLAZER BESS HAWES & HAWES ∙ 1943 ∙ There’s a valley in Spain called Jarama PETE SEEGER with THE WEAVERS ∙ 1949 ∙ If I had a hammer ∙ 1950 ∙ Kisses sweeter than wine ∙ Lonesome Traveller ∙ Goodnight Irene ∙
PETE SEEGER solo career ∙ 1956 ∙ She moves through the fair ∙ Michael row the boat ashore (Hallelujah) ∙ 1958 ∙ House of the rising sun ∙ 1959 ∙ Turn, turn, turn ! ∙ Banks of marble ∙ 1960 ∙ Where have all the flowers gone ? ∙ 1964 ∙ To my old brown Earth ∙ 1964 ∙ What did you learn in school today? ∙ 1965 ∙ Bring them home ∙ 1966 ∙ Waist deep in the big muddy ∙ 1969 ∙ Oh, had I a golden thread ∙ 1971 ∙ Last train to Nuremberg ∙
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Famous covers of Pete Seeger’s songs
‘WAIST DEEP IN THE DEEP MUDDY’ ∙ 1996 ∙ Dick Gaughan ∙ 2004 ∙ Richard Shindell ∙ 2012 ∙ Steve Poltz (with a witty reminder of how this anti-war protest song was first aired by CBS) ∙
‘TURN TURN TURN! (TO EVERYTHING THERE’S A REASON)’ ∙ 1962 ∙ The Limeliters ∙ 1963 ∙ Judy Collins (ver 1966] ∙ 1965 ∙ The Byrds ∙ 1966 ∙ The Seekers ∙ 1968 ∙ Mary Hopkin ∙ 1969 ∙ Nina Simone ∙
‘WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?’ ∙ 1961 ∙ Kingston Trio ∙ 1962 ∙ Marlene Dietrich (Sag mir wo die Blumen sind) ∙ Peter Paul & Mary ∙ 1965 ∙ Joan Baez (Sag mir wo die Blumen sind) ∙ Johnny Rivers ∙ 1966 ∙ Harry Belafonte ∙ 1968 ∙ Chamber Brothers ∙ 1970 ∙ Lennart Duvsjö (Inga blommor finns det mer) ∙ 1972 ∙ Richie Havens ∙ 1999 ∙ Oleg Nesterov & Masha Makarova (Где цветы? / Gde tsvety?) ∙ 2009 ∙ Jimmy Sommerville ∙ 2020 ∙ Ema Papšová ∙
COVERS IN FRENCH & ITALIAN ∙ Où vont les fleurs ? (1962 Marlène Dietrich) ∙ Que sont devenues les fleurs (Dalida) ∙ Si j’avais un marteau (1963 Claude François) ∙ Datemi un martello (1964 Rita Pavone) ∙ Pour nos peines et nos joies Hallelujah (1965 Johnny Hallyday) ∙ Jusqu’à la ceinture (1968 Graeme Allwright, NZ/F) ∙ Qu’as-tu appris à l’école ? ∙ (1968 Graeme Allwright, NZ/F) ∙
