Pete Seeger
Known for: Acting
Born: May 3, 1919
Died: January 27, 2014
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 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 suppo…
Known for
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
The Foolish Frog
1971
Down By The Riverside
2023
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
Pete Seeger at Home
1989
The Streets of Greenwood
1962
The Internationale
2000
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
1972
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
1988
The Arlo Guthrie Show
1987
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
THE MANY COLORED PAPER
An Act of Conscience
1997
Chords of Fame
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
Wasn't That a Time
1962
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Strange Fruit
2002
Festival
1967
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
Canto Libre - den fria sången
1980
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982
Give Me the Banjo
2011
Alice's Restaurant
1969
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
2001
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007
Gasland
2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
The Winding Stream
2014
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Freedom Summer
2014
The David Susskind Show
1959
Tonight in Person
1963
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
Palme
2012
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Rainbow Quest
1965
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968