Pete Seeger (b 1919)

American singer of American and British folksongs and contemporary song. Also some instrumentals on banjo.

(Pete is the half-brother of Mike Seeger and Peggy Seeger. Pete also recorded with The Almanac singers and The Weavers)

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	no.
Songs of the Civil War - Vol I (*)	1943	Folkways	5436
Lonesome Train (**)	1943	Decca	DL-5054 10*
America's Favourite Songs (***)	1943-44	Disc	607
[partly re-issued as "Asch Recordings 1939-45, Vol 2"]	1967	Asch
Songs for Victory (+)	1943-44	Stinson/Asch	346
American Banjo	1944	Asch	352
[Reissued as "Pete: Folk Songs and Ballads" with 4 extra cuts]	1963	Stinson	SLP 90
Songs for Political Action (++)	1946	CIO - Political Action committee (PAC)
Bawdy Ballads and Real Sad Songs (+++)	1946-47	Charter Records
Roll the Union On (#)	1947	Asch	370
Darling Corey	1950	FA	FA 2003 10*
We Sing - Vol 1	1950	MDH
Lonesome Valley (recorded 1943-46)	1951	Folkways	FA 2010
Songs To Grow On vol 2: School Days	1951	Folkways	FC 7020
American Folk Songs for Children	1953	Folkways	EPC 1-3
A Pete Seeger Concert	1953 - 54	Stinson	SLP 57
[Reissue]		Everest Records	FS 201
Pete Seeger Sampler	1954	Folkways	FA2043
German Folk Songs	1954	Folkways	FW6843
Goofing-Off Suite	1954	Folkways	FA2045
Frontier Ballads - vol 1	1954	Folkways	FA2175
Frontier Ballads, vol II	1954	Folkways	FA2176
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes	1954	Folkways	FC7610
How To Play The Five String Banjo	1954	Folkways	F18203
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes	1955	Folkways	FC 7611
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol 1: An Instruction Record	1955	Folkways	FW6912
Bantu Choral Folk Songs	1955	Folkways	FW6912
Folksongs of Four Continents	1955	Folkways	FW6911
Country Dance Music Washboard Band	1956	Folkways	FA2201
With Voices Together We Sing	1956	Folkways	FA2452
American Industrial Ballads	1956	Folkways	FH5251
[Reissued with a second CD] (2 CDs)	2008	Not Now Music
Love Songs For Friends and Foes	1956	Folkways	FA2453
Studs Terkel's Weekly Almanac on Folk Music Blues on WFMT	1956	Folkways	FS3864
American Ballads	1957	Folkways	FA2319
American Favorite Ballads	1957	Smithsonian/ Folkways	FA2320
[Reissue]	2002	Smithsonian/ Folkways
Jewish Children's Songs and Games	1957	Folkways	FC7224
Gazette with Pete Seeger - vol 1	1958	Folkways	FN2501
Song and Play Time With Pete Seeger	1958	Folkways	FC7526
American Playparties	1959	Folkways	FC 7604
Folk Songs for Young People	1959	Folkways	FC7532
American Favorite Ballads, Vol 2	1959	Smithsonian/ Folkways	FA2321
[Reissue]	2004	Smithsonian/ Folkways
Nonsuch	1959	Folkways	FA2439
American Favorite Ballads - Vol 3 (recorded 1959)	1960	Folkways	FA2322
Songs of the Civil War	1960	Folkways	FH5717
Hootenanny Tonight! (recorded 1954)	1959	Folkways	FN2511
Camp Songs (recorded 1955)	1959	Folkways/Scholastic Records	SC7628
Champlain Valley Songs	1960	Folkways	FH5210
The Rainbow Quest	1960	Folkways	FA2454
Bill McAdoo Sings	1960	Folkways	FA2448
Old Time Fiddle tunes	1960	Folkways	FG3531
American Favorite Ballads, vol 4	1961	Smithsonian/ Folkways	FA2323
Gazette - vol 2	1961	Folkways	FN2502
Pete Seeger: Story Songs	1961	Columbia	CL1668
[Reissued as "3 Saints, 4 sinners, and 6 Other People"]		Odyssey	32-16-0266
American Favorite Ballads - vol 5	1962	Folkways	FA2445
[Reissue]	2009	Smithsonian/ Folkways
American Game and Activity Songs For Children	1962	Folkways	FC7674
[Reissue]	1990	Smithsonian/Folkways	SFW 45025
The Bitter and the Sweet (recorded 1962)	1963	Columbia	CL1916
Hootenanny	1963	Prestige/Folklore	14020
Pete Seeger, Children's Concert at Town Hall	1963	Columbia	CS8747
[Reissue on CD]	1990
We Shall Overcome	1963	Columbia	CL2101
Broadside Ballads - Vol 2 (recorded 1963)	1965	Broadside Records	302
[Reissued as "Little Boxes and Other Broadsides" with extra cuts]	1963	Verve/Folkways	FV/FVS9020
The Nativity	1963-64	Folkways	FT35001
Broadsides	1964	Folkways	FA2456
I Can See a New Day	1965	Columbia	CL2252
Wnew's Story of Selma	1965	Folkways	FH5595
Strangers and Cousins (recorded 1963/64)	1965	Columbia	CL2334
God Bless The Grass	1966	Columbia	CL 2432
[Reissue]	1998	Folkways	37232
Dangerous Songs!?	1966	Columbia	CL2503
SleepTime (recorded 1958)	1967	Folkways	FC7525
[Reissued as "Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for children"]		Folkways	FTS1500
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie	1967	Folkways	FTS31002
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Songs	1967	Columbia	CL2705
[Reissue on CD]	1994
Traditional Christmas Carols	1967	Folkways	FA32311
Songs of Protest and Struggle 1930 - 1950 (recorded 1965)	1968	Folkways	FH5233
Pete Seger Sings Leadbelly	1968	Folkways	FT31022
Pete Seeger Sings & Answers Questions at the Ford Hall Forum In Boston	1968	Broadside	BRS502
Pete Seeger Now (recorded 1968)	1969	Columbia	CS9717
Pete Seeger Young Vs Old	1971	Columbia	CS9873
Ballads of Black America	1972	Vanguard	VSD17/18
Rainbow Race	1973	Columbia	C30739
Clearwater (recorded 1969-74)	1974	Sound House Records	PS1001
Banks of Marble	1974	Folkways	FTS31040
Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street	1974	Children's Records of America	CTW22062
Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay	1976	Folkways	FH5257
Clearwater II (recorded 1969-77)	1977	Sound House Records	SHR1022
Circles and Seasons	1979	Warner Brothers	BSK3329
Precious Friend	1982	Warner Brothers	2BSK
Sings Traditional Christmas Carols	1989
Stories and Songs for Little Children	1994
Pete	1996
Sing Out	1996
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine	1996
A Link in the Chain	1996
American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children	2000
Brothers and Sisters	2006
At 89	2009	Appleseed
Tomorrow's Children	2010	Appleseed

(* Pete Seeger with Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes and Bess Hawes)
(** Pete Seeger with Burl Ives, Earl Robinson and Raymond Johnson)
(*** Pete Seeger with Tom Glazer, Bess Lomax Hawes and Baldwin Hawes)
(+ The Union Boys; Tom Glazer, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Josh White)
(++ Pete Seeger with Tom Glazer, Lee Hays and Hallie Faulk)
(+++ Pete Seeger with Betty Sanders)

E.P.s.

Title	Year.	Label.	number.
Yankee Doodle and Other Songs	1950s	Children's Record Guild	40018
Pete Seeger sings Folk Songs	1950s	Folkways	FEP1
Sea Chanties	1950s	Young People's Records	3 EPs
Almanac	1950s	Folkways
American Folksongs for Children	1963	Folkways	EPC 1-3
South African Freedom Songs	mid-1950s	Folkways	EPC-601

Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes

Multi-volume albums.

Title	Year.	Label.	number.
Darling Corey & Goofing Off Suite	2004	Smithsonian/ Folkways	40018
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little and Big) (*)	2009	Smithsonian/ Folkways
Rainbow Race/ Now/ Young Vs Old (2 CDs)	2009	Omni

(* "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and 
	Little Fishes" plus "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes")

Live Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Hotenanny at Carnegie Hall (recorded 1958-59)	1960	Folkways	FN2512
Highlights of Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - Vol 1	1960	Folkways	FA2450
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate - Vol 2 (recorded 1960)	1962	Folkways	FA2451
Pete Seeger, Children's Concert at Town Hall	1963	Columbia	CS8747
The World of Pete Seeger	1974	Columbia	KG31949
Singalong: Live at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980	1992	Smithsonian Folkways	40027
Live in Lisbon (Ao Vivo Em Lisboa)	2000
In Prague 1964	2001
Genius of Folk (live)	2005	Genius of Folk
Live in '65 (2 CDs)	2009	Red House Records

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number
American History in Ballad and Songs - Vol 1, 2	1960-61	Folkways	FH5801, 5802
Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits	1967	Columbia	CL2616
The Essential Pete Seeger (recorded 1950-74)	1978	Vanguard	97/98
A Fish That's A Song	1990
Ao Vivo Em Lisboa	2000
Song and Play Time	2001	Smithsonian/ Folkways
Greatest Hits	2002	Columbia/ Legacy	CK 65711
Pioneer of Folk: 20 Great Songs	2003	Platinum
If I Had a Hammer 1944 - 1950	2004	Naxos Folk Legends
The Essential Pete Seeger	2005	Sony
The Legend (3 CDs)	2006	Cherished Classics
Folk Songs, Ballads and Banjo (3 CDs)	2006	Golden Stars
We Shall Not Be Moved: 40 Original Recordings (2 CDs)	2006	Prism
Brothers and Sisters (2 CDs)	2007	Discmedi
Talking Union	?	Folkways	05285
[Reissue]	2007	Xtra
American Industrial Ballads	?	Smithsonian Folkways	40058
[Reissue]	2007	Not Now
Banks of Marble and Other Songs	?	Folkways	31040
Broadside Ballads, Volume 2	?	Folkways	05302
Broadsides	?	Folkways	02456
Gazette Volume 1	?	Folkways	02501
Gazette Volume 2	?	Folkways	02502
Headlines and Footnotes	?	Smithsonian Folkways	40111
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle	2009	Smithsonian Folkways	40096
Sing Out With Pete!	?	Folkways	02455
Sing Out! Hootenanny	?	Folkways	02513
Sings and Answers Questions	?	Folkways	05702
Sings Woody Guthrie	?	Folkways	31002
Wimoweh and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest	?	Folkways	31018
With Voices Together We Sing	?	Folkways	02452
Una Leyenda	2007
American Folk Anthology	2008	Not Now Music
American Favorite Ballads (5 CDs)	2009	Folkways

Singles.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
Harry Bridges/ Bab O'Mine	1941	Keynote Records	304
Keep That Oil A-Rolling/ Boomtown Bill	1942	Keynote Records
Solidarity Forever (*)	1945	Stinson	622
Mule Train	1944	Columbia Records	?
Newspaperman/ Talking Atom	1947-48	Encore Records
Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase/ Skillet Good and Greasy/ T for Texas	1948	Charter Records	C-500
Johnny I Hardly Knew You (**)	1948	Charter Records	C-500-A
Hallelujah, I'm a Travellin' Zhankoye (***)	1948	Charter Records	C-30-A
Black, Brown and White Blues (+)	1948	Charter Records	C-40-A
Death of Harry Simms/ Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues/ No Irish Need Apply	1948	Charter Records	C-45-B
Unemployment Compensation Blues (++)	1949	Charter Records	RC-1
Conversation with a Mule/ Farmer is the Man/ Join the Farmer's Union	1949	Charter Records
Utsu Eysa/ Schalome (***)	1949	Charter Records
Train to the Zoo Part I/ Part II	1949	Children's Record Guild
The Peekskill Story Part I/ Part II	1949	Charter Records	C-502
Dig My Grave/ Wasn't That a Time (+++)	1949	Charter Records	503
The Hammer Song/ Banks of Marble	1949	Hootenanny Records	H-101
Talking Unamerican Blues (**)	1951	Hootenanny Records	H-103

(* The Union Boys: Tom Glazer, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger)
(** Seeger accompanies Betty Sanders)
(*** with the Berries)
(+ with the Berries, the Grays, Goodson & Vale)
(++ with Mario Cassetta)
(+++ The Weavers)

Collaboration - Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Big Bill Broonzy and Peter Seeger in Concert (*)	1965	Verve Folkways	FV9008

(* Recorded 1956)

Collaboration - Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry	1958	Folkways	FA2412

Collaboration - Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Together in Concert	1975	Warner Brothers	2R2214
[Reissue on CD]	1999	?

Various artists - Tribute album: Cordelia's Dad, Billy Bragg, Eliza Carthy et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger	2001
If I Had a Hammer: The Songs of Pete Seeger vol 2	2001	Appleseed	1055
Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3	2003	Appleseed	1072

Anthology - Various artists including Tom Glazer, The Weavers and Pete Seeger.

Title.	year.	Label.
Rock The Institution: Songs of Rock 'n'Roll, Revolution , Hard Times and Heroes	?	Hammer and Motorcycle

Anthology - Various artists including Tom Glazer, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers, Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Earl Robinson, the Union Boys, Brownie McGhee et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs (4 CDs)	2009	Proper	PROPERBOX147

DVDs.

Title	year.	Label.
A Musical Journey (VHS) (*)	1997
Pete Seeger: Rainbow Quest (New Lost City Ramblers and Greenbriar Boys)	2005
Pete Seeger: Rainbow Quest (Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem)	2005
Pete Seeger: Rainbow Quest (Judy Collins, Elizabeth Cotton)	2005
Pete Seeger: Rainbow Quest (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee)	2005
How To Play the Five-String Banjo	2004
Pete Seger: The Power of Song (Tribute concert - Joan Baez, Springsteen)	2007
The Power of Song (**)	2008

(* The Films of Pete, Toshi and Dan Seeger 1957 - 64. Featuring Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, The McPeake Family, Pete Seeger and The Ellis Unit Work Gang)
(** Featuring Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan et al)

Website - discography

www.peteseeger.net/discogra.htm
www.rollingstone.com/artists/peteseeger/discography

Last updated on 19/10/2010