Pete Seeger discography

This is the discography of Pete Seeger as a solo artist. For albums that Seeger released as part of The Almanac Singers (1940–1942) or The Weavers (1948–1952 and 1955–1957), see each group's respective discography.
Pete Seeger discography
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. He stayed with the group for two years until he was drafted into the Army to fight in the Second World War. 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. Seeger would play at People's Songs events, called hootenannies, until the organization folded in 1949. After People's Songs, Seeger and another former member of the Almanacs, Lee Hays, founded the Weavers, who achieved commercial success. In 1952, The Weavers went on hiatus due to the Red Scare; Seeger and Hays both had Communist ties. 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.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums with re-releases and award nominations
Title Release date Label Grammy Nominations Ref(s)
American Banjo 1944 Asch
Let's all Join In 1948 Young People's Records
Sea Songs
Darling Corey 1950 Folkways
American Folk Songs for Children 1953
Frontier Ballads 1954
How to Play the 5-String Banjo
Bantu Choral and Folk Songs 1955
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes
Camp Songs
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol. 1: An Instruction Record
Goofing-Off Suite
Love Songs for Friends and Foes 1956
American Industrial Ballads
American Ballads 1957
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 December 1957
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 1958
Gazette, Vol. 1
Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 1959
American Play Parties
Folk Songs for Young People Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes
Champlain Valley Songs 1960
Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger
Songs of the Civil War
Indian Summer
Story Songs April 1961 Columbia
Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon May 1961 Folkways
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 1961
Gazette, Vol. 2
Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1
Activity Songs 1962
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5
The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly
Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2 1963
Broadsides: Songs and Ballads 1964
God Bless the Grass January 17, 1966 Columbia Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording
Dangerous Songs!? 1966
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs August 1967 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
Traditional Christmas Carols 1967 Folkways
Pete Seeger Now 1968 Columbia
Pete Seeger Young vs. Old 1969
Rainbow Race 1971
Banks of Marble and Other Songs 1974
Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street Sesame Street
Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay 1976 Folkways
Circles and Seasons 1979 Warner Bros.
A Fish That's a Song 1990
Pete April 16, 1996 Living Music Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Seeds - The Songs Of Pete Seeger: Volume 3 September 23, 2003 Appleseed Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
At 89 September 30, 2008 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Tomorrow's Children July 27, 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children
A More Perfect Union September 25, 2012
Pete Remembers Woody

Live albums

List of live albums with re-releases and award nominations
Title Release date Label Grammy Nominations Ref(s)
A Pete Seeger Concert 1953 Folkways
With Voices Together We Sing 1956
Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall 1960
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
Sing Out with Pete! 1961
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2 1962
The Bitter and the Sweet: Recorded In Person At The Bitter End Columbia
Children's Concert at Town Hall 1963 Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children
We Shall Overcome
Sing Out! Hootenanny Folkways
I Can See a New Day 1964 Columbia
Sing with Seeger! Folkways
Strangers and Cousins Columbia Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children
Pete Seeger on Campus 1965 Verve Folkways
WNEW's Story of Selma Folkways
Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston 1968
Singalong Demonstration Concert 1980
Pete Seeger's Family Concert April 14, 1992 Sony Kids’ Music
Live at Newport June 1, 1993 Vanguard
Live in Lisbon June 28, 2000 Movieplay
In Prague 1964 2001 Flyright
Live in 65 November 10, 2009 Appleseed
The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 April 19, 2011 Smithsonian Folkways

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums with re-releases and award nominations
Title Release date Label Source albums Ref(s)
Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950 1964 Folkways
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie 1967
Greatest Hits 1967 (reissued 2002 with 4 extra songs) Columbia, then Sony
Pete Seeger Sings Leadbelly 1968 Folkways
Wimoweh (And Other Songs of Freedom and Protest)
The World of Pete Seeger 1974 Columbia
The Essential Pete Seeger 1978 Vanguard
We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert 1989 Columbia We Shall Overcome
Folk Music of the World 1991 Legacy
Clearwater Classics 1993 Sony
A Link in the Chain September 3, 1996 Legacy
Best of Pete Seeger September 30, 1997 Vanguard
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) February 17, 1998 Folkways Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes
For Kids and Just Plain Folks March 24, 1998 Sony
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle May 19, 1998 Folkways
The Original Folkways Recordings February 23, 1999 Legacy
Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs May 18, 1999 Folkways
Pioneer of Folk August 1, 1999 Prism
American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children January 25, 2000 Folkways American Folk Songs for Children and American Game and Activity Songs for Children

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Year Title Peak chart positions Album Ref(s)
US
1941 "Song for Harry Bridges" —
1942 "Keep That Oil A-Rollin'"
1947 "Travelin' Death of Harry Sims"
"Zhankoye"
1948 "Black, Brown, and White Blues"
"Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase"
"Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye"
1950 "Tzen, Tzen"
"Wreck of the John B"
"Lonesome Traveller"
1951 "Across the Wide Missouri"
"The Frozen Logger" Darling Correy
"Along the Colorado Trail"
"When the Saints Come Marching In"
"Jig Along Home"
"Join into the Game"
"Twelve Days of Christmas"
"Joy to the World"
"I Ride an Old Paint"
1952 "The Gandy Dancer's Ball"
"Hard, Ain't It Hard"
"Bay of Mexico"
1953 "Rock Island Line"
1958 "Done Laid Around"
1959 "The Battle of New Orleans" Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes
"Skip to My Lou"
1963 "Little Boxes" 75 Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2
1965 "Healing River" —
"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
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. ^ a b c Win

Citations

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  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
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  15. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Camp Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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  39. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Broadsides: Songs and Ballads". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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  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.
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  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.
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  58. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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  67. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Strangers and Cousins". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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  73. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Live at Newport". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  74. ^ "Live in Lisbon". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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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.