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

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

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

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

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • 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

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Palme

    Palme

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

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

  • The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

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

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

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

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

  • Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

  • Alice's Restaurant

    Alice's Restaurant

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

  • Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

  • 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

  • ReMastered: The Lion's Share

    ReMastered: The Lion's Share

  • Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

  • The Internationale

    The Internationale

  • Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

  • Gasland

    Gasland

  • The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

  • Tonight in Person

    Tonight in Person

  • Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

  • Tribute to Harry Chapin

    Tribute to Harry Chapin

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

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

  • To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

  • Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

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

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

  • An Act of Conscience

    An Act of Conscience

  • Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

  • The Foolish Frog

    The Foolish Frog

  • Chords of Fame

    Chords of Fame

  • Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

  • Rainbow Quest

    Rainbow Quest

  • Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

  • Give Me the Banjo

    Give Me the Banjo

  • BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

  • The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

    The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

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

    All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

  • Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

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

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

  • Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

  • Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

  • The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

  • The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

  • The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

  • Down By The Riverside

    Down By The Riverside

  • Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

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

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

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

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

  • The Creative Person: The Folksinger

    The Creative Person: The Folksinger

  • Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

  • Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

  • Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

  • Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

  • Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

  • The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

  • Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

  • Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

  • Wasn't That a Time

    Wasn't That a Time

  • Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone