Pete Seeger

Known for ActingBorn 1919-05-03Died 2014-01-27New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Chords of Fame

Cattle Ranch

The End of the Line

Strange Fruit

Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

Reading Rainbow

The Internationale

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Palme

The Foolish Frog

The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

The Streets of Greenwood

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Freedom Summer

Give Me the Banjo

Gasland

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

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

An Act of Conscience

Tribute to Harry Chapin

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

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

ReMastered: The Lion's Share

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

The Winding Stream

Tonight in Person

Indian Summer

The David Susskind Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

The Johnny Cash Show

Lines: Horizontal

Alice's Restaurant

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Festival

The Mike Douglas Show

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

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

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour