Overview
Pete Seeger
Known For
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction...
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease,...
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Big Bill Broonzy would inspire a generation of musicians, yet...
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in...
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as...
Biography
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 support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.