Biography:

Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particularly loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs Where Have All the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, and Turn, Turn, Turn. One of his brothers is Mike Seeger; Peggy Seeger is his half-sister.

As a member of The Weavers, Seeger had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.

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Other songs:

• Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
• Which Side Are You On?
• Banks Of Marble
• Bourgeois Blues
• Clap Your Hands
• From Way Up Here
• Gods Counting On Me Gods Counting On You
• Guantanamera
• If I Had A Hammer
• Joe Hill
• Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
• Little Boxes
• My Get Up And Go
• My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
• My Rainbow Race
• Oh Had I A Golden Thread
• Old Time Religion Parody
• Oleanna
• Passing Through
• Raggedy
• Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
• Sailin Up Sailin Down
• Skip To My Lou
• Solidarity Forever
• The Battle Of New Orleans
• The Farmer Is The Man
• The Titanic
• The Water Is Wide
• This Old Car
• To My Old Brown Earth
• Turn Turn Turn
• Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
• Waiste Deep In The Big Muddy
• We Shall Overcome
• What Did You Learn In School Today
• When I First Came To This Land
• Where Have All The Flowers Gone

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