Pete Seeger discography

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Pete Seeger discography
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Seeger at the Clearwater Festival, 2007.
Studio albums52
Live albums22
Compilation albums23
Singles31

The discography of Pete Seeger , an American folk singer, consists of 52 studio albums, 23 compilation albums, 22 live albums, and 31 singles. Seeger's musical career started in 1940 when he joined The Almanac Singers. [1] He stayed with the group for two years until he was drafted into the Army to fight in the Second World War. [2] After the end of World War II in 1945, Seeger helped found an organization known as People's Songs, along with the influential folk music magazine People's Songs Bulletin. He published several singles and a studio album with the magazine. [3] Seeger would play at People's Songs events, called hootenannies, until the organization folded in 1949. [4] After People's Songs, Seeger and another former member of the Almanacs, Lee Hays, founded the Weavers, who achieved commercial success. [5] In 1952, The Weavers went on hiatus due to the Red Scare; Seeger and Hays both had Communist ties. [6] After the demise of the Weavers, Seeger released a solo album, American Folk Songs for Children , in 1953 on Folkways Records. He continued to release albums on Folkways until he signed with Capitol in 1961.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums with re-releases and award nominations
TitleRelease dateLabel Grammy Nominations Ref(s)
American Banjo1944 Asch [7]
Let's all Join In1948 Young People's Records
Sea Songs
Darling Corey1950 Folkways [8]
American Folk Songs for Children 1953 [9]
Frontier Ballads1954 [10]
How to Play the 5-String Banjo [11]
Bantu Choral and Folk Songs1955 [12]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes [13]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes [14]
Camp Songs [15]
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol. 1: An Instruction Record
Goofing-Off Suite [16]
Love Songs for Friends and Foes1956 [17]
American Industrial Ballads
American Ballads1957
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1December 1957 [18]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 1958 [19]
Gazette, Vol. 1 [20]
Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories [a] [21]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 31959 [22]
American Play Parties [23]
Folk Songs for Young People Grammy Award for Best Album for Children [24]
Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes [25]
Champlain Valley Songs1960 [26]
Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger [27]
Songs of the Civil War [28]
Indian Summer [29]
Story SongsApril 1961 Columbia [30]
Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie DixonMay 1961Folkways [31]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 41961 [32]
Gazette, Vol. 2 [33]
Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1 [34]
Activity Songs1962 [35]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 [36]
The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly [37]
Broadside Ballads, Vol. 21963 [38]
Broadsides: Songs and Ballads1964 [39]
God Bless the Grass January 17, 1966Columbia Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording [40]
Dangerous Songs!? 1966 [41]
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love SongsAugust 1967 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance [42]
Traditional Christmas Carols1967Folkways [43]
Pete Seeger Now1968Columbia [44]
Pete Seeger Young vs. Old1969 [45]
Rainbow Race 1971 [46]
Banks of Marble and Other Songs1974 [47]
Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street Sesame Street [48]
Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay1976Folkways [49]
Circles and Seasons1979 Warner Bros. [50]
A Fish That's a Song1990 [51]
PeteApril 16, 1996 Living Music Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album [b] [52]
Seeds - The Songs Of Pete Seeger: Volume 3September 23, 2003 Appleseed Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
At 89 September 30, 2008 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album [b]
Tomorrow's ChildrenJuly 27, 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children [b]
A More Perfect UnionSeptember 25, 2012 [53]
Pete Remembers Woody [54]

Live albums

List of live albums with re-releases and award nominations
TitleRelease dateLabel Grammy Nominations Ref(s)
A Pete Seeger Concert1953 Folkways [55]
With Voices Together We Sing1956 [56]
Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall1960 [57]
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon [58]
Sing Out with Pete!1961 [59]
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 21962 [60]
The Bitter and the Sweet: Recorded In Person At The Bitter End Columbia [61]
Children's Concert at Town Hall1963 Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children [62]
We Shall Overcome [63]
Sing Out! HootenannyFolkways [64]
I Can See a New Day1964Columbia [65]
Sing with Seeger!Folkways [66]
Strangers and CousinsColumbia Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children [67]
Pete Seeger on Campus1965 Verve Folkways [68]
WNEW's Story of SelmaFolkways [69]
Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston1968 [70]
Singalong Demonstration Concert1980 [71]
Pete Seeger's Family ConcertApril 14, 1992 Sony Kids’ Music [72]
Live at NewportJune 1, 1993 Vanguard [73]
Live in LisbonJune 28, 2000 Movieplay [74]
In Prague 19642001Flyright [75]
Live in 65November 10, 2009Appleseed [76]
The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960April 19, 2011 Smithsonian Folkways [77]

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums with re-releases and award nominations
TitleRelease dateLabelSource albumsRef(s)
Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-19501964 Folkways [78]
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie1967
Greatest Hits1967 (reissued 2002 with 4 extra songs)Columbia, then Sony [79]
Pete Seeger Sings Leadbelly1968Folkways
Wimoweh (And Other Songs of Freedom and Protest)
The World of Pete Seeger1974Columbia
The Essential Pete Seeger1978 Vanguard
We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert1989Columbia We Shall Overcome [80]
Folk Music of the World1991 Legacy [81]
Clearwater Classics1993 Sony [82]
A Link in the ChainSeptember 3, 1996Legacy [83]
Best of Pete SeegerSeptember 30, 1997Vanguard [84]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) February 17, 1998FolkwaysBirds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes [85]
For Kids and Just Plain FolksMarch 24, 1998Sony [86]
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle May 19, 1998Folkways [87]
The Original Folkways RecordingsFebruary 23, 1999Legacy [88]
Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical SongsMay 18, 1999Folkways [89]
Pioneer of FolkAugust 1, 1999Prism [90]
American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for ChildrenJanuary 25, 2000Folkways American Folk Songs for Children and American Game and Activity Songs for Children [91]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumRef.
US
[92]
1941"Song for Harry Bridges"— [93]
1942"Keep That Oil A-Rollin'" [94]
1947"Travelin' Death of Harry Sims"
"Zhankoye" [95]
1948"Black, Brown, and White Blues"
"Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase"
"Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye"
1950"Tzen, Tzen" [96]
"Wreck of the John B"
"Lonesome Traveller"
1951"Across the Wide Missouri" [97]
"The Frozen Logger"Darling Correy
"Along the Colorado Trail"
"When the Saints Come Marching In"
"Jig Along Home" [98]
"Join into the Game"
"Twelve Days of Christmas"
"Joy to the World"
"I Ride an Old Paint"
1952"The Gandy Dancer's Ball" [99]
"Hard, Ain't It Hard"
"Bay of Mexico"
1953"Rock Island Line"
1958"Done Laid Around" [100]
1959"The Battle of New Orleans"Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes [101]
"Skip to My Lou" [100]
1963"Little Boxes"75Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2
1965"Healing River"— [101]
"Draft Dodger Rag"Dangerous Songs!?
1967"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs
1970"I Feel like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag"Pete Seeger Young vs. Old [100]
2012"God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Sloop Mix)"

"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Re-titled Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children for releases by Smithsonian Folkways.
  2. 1 2 3 Win

Citations

  1. ↑ Dunaway 2009 , p. 82
  2. ↑ Dunaway 2009 , pp. 116–19 and Winkler 2009 , p. 33
  3. ↑ Winkler 2009 , pp. 38–40
  4. ↑ Winkler 2009 , p. 51
  5. ↑ Winkler 2009 , pp. 57–64
  6. ↑ Winkler 2009 , pp. 65–67
  7. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 8
  8. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 10
  9. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "American Folk Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Frontier Ballads". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "How to Play the 5-String Banjo Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Bantu Choral & Folk Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Hinkle, Bob. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Bigger Fishes". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Camp Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Goofing-Off Suite". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  17. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Love Songs for Friends and Foes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  18. ↑ Elder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  19. ↑ Elder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  20. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Gazette, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  21. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  22. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  23. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "American Play Parties". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  24. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Folk Songs for Young People". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  25. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  26. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Champlain Valley Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  27. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  28. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of the Civil War". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  29. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Indian Summer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  30. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Story Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  31. ↑ "Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  32. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  33. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Gazette, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  34. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  35. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Activity Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  36. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  37. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  38. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  39. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Broadsides: Songs and Ballads". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  40. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "God Bless the Grass". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  41. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Dangerous Songs!?". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  42. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  43. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Sings Traditional Christmas Carols". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  44. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger Now". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  45. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger Young vs. Old". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  46. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Rainbow Race". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  47. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Banks of Marble and Other Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  48. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger & Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  49. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  50. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. "Circles and Seasons". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  51. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "A Fish That's a Song". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  52. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  53. ↑ Poet, J. "A More Perfect Union". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  54. ↑ Leggett, Steve. "Pete Remembers Woody". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  55. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  56. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "With Voices Together We Sing". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  57. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  58. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  59. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Sing Out with Pete!". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  60. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  61. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "The Bitter and the Sweet". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  62. ↑ Elder, Bruce. "Children's Concert at Town Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  63. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  64. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Sing Out! Hootenanny". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  65. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "I Can See a New Day". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  66. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Sing with Seeger!". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  67. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Strangers and Cousins". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  68. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger On Campus". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  69. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "WNEW's Story of Selma". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  70. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  71. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Singalong Demonstration Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  72. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger's Family Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  73. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Live at Newport". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  74. ↑ "Live in Lisbon". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  75. ↑ "In Prague 1964". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  76. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Live in 65". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  77. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Live in 65". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  78. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930–1950". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  79. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  80. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  81. ↑ "Folk Music of the World Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  82. ↑ Small, Hank. "Clearwater Classics". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  83. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "A Link in the Chain". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  84. ↑ "Best of Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  85. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little & Big)". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  86. ↑ McDonald, Steven. "For Kids and Just Plain Folks". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  87. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  88. ↑ Leggett, Steve. "The Original Folkways Recordings". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  89. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  90. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Pioneer of Folk". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  91. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  92. ↑ "Pete Seeger Album Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  93. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 171
  94. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 172
  95. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 173
  96. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 175
  97. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 176
  98. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 177
  99. ↑ Dunaway 2010 , p. 178
  100. 1 2 3 Dunaway 2010 , p. 179
  101. 1 2 Popoff 2010 , p. 1051

Bibliography

  • Dunaway, David King (2009). How Can I Keep from Singing?: The Ballad of Pete Seeger. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-307-49597-6.
  • Dunaway, David King (2010). A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0810877184.
  • Popoff, Martin (2010). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records, 1948–1991 (7 ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN   9781440211317.
  • Winkler, Allan M. (2009). "To Everything There is a Season": Pete Seeger and the Power of Song. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-971725-5.


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