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.
Movies (52)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
Down By The Riverside
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
The Winding Stream
2014
Freedom Summer
2014
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Palme
2012
Give Me the Banjo
2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
Gasland
2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
Strange Fruit
2002
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
The Internationale
2000
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
An Act of Conscience
1997
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
Chords of Fame
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982
Canto Libre - den fria sången
1980
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
The Foolish Frog
1971
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Alice's Restaurant
1969
Festival
1967
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965
The Streets of Greenwood
1962
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
