Pete Seeger

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-05-03

Day of death

2014-01-27 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Pete Seeger

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • ReMastered: The Lion's Share

    ReMastered: The Lion's Share

  • 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

  • The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

  • The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

  • The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

  • Palme

    Palme

  • A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

  • Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

  • Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

  • Festival

    Festival

  • To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

  • Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

  • Tonight in Person

    Tonight in Person

  • Alice's Restaurant

    Alice's Restaurant

  • An Act of Conscience

    An Act of Conscience

  • The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

    The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

  • Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

  • The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

  • Rainbow Quest

    Rainbow Quest

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

  • All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

    All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

  • Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

  • Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

  • Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

  • Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

  • The Internationale

    The Internationale

  • Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

  • We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

  • Gasland

    Gasland

  • Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

  • Tribute to Harry Chapin

    Tribute to Harry Chapin

  • I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

  • The Foolish Frog

    The Foolish Frog

  • Give Me the Banjo

    Give Me the Banjo

  • Down By The Riverside

    Down By The Riverside

  • The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

  • Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

  • The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

  • Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

  • BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

  • Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

  • Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

  • Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

  • The Creative Person: The Folksinger

    The Creative Person: The Folksinger

  • Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

  • Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

  • Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

  • Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

  • Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

  • Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

  • Chords of Fame

    Chords of Fame

  • I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

  • Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

  • The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

  • Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

  • Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

  • Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

  • Wasn't That a Time

    Wasn't That a Time