Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919 in New York City), almost universally known as "Pete Seeger", is a folk singer and political activist. He was a major contributor to folk and protest music in the 1950s and the 1960s. He is perhaps best known as the author or co-author of the songs "Where Have All the Flowers Gone", "If I Had a Hammer", and "Turn, Turn, Turn", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and which are still sung all over the world. "Flowers" was a hit recording for The Kingston Trio (1962) and Johnny Rivers (1965), as "If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul & Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963), while The Byrds popularized "Turn, Turn, Turn," in the mid-1960's.

External links

• Pete Seeger Appreciation Page
• The Icebergradio article on Seeger has a very thorough discography, far more complete than the discography in the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page
• Bruderhof Peacemakers Guide profile on Pete Seeger
• "Pete Seeger Is 86", Studs Terkel, The Nation, May 16, 2005
• DiscoverTheNetwork.org's summary of Seeger's leftist political activities.
• City Journal article on "America's Most Successful Communist"