Pete Seeger discography
Cataloging of published recordings by Pete Seeger
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The discography of Pete Seeger, an American folk singer, consists of 52 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, 26 live albums, 6 albums of other artists with him as a guest, and 31 singles. The artists who invited 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.
Studio albums52
Live albums26
Compilation albums24
Singles31
| Pete Seeger discography | |
|---|---|
Seeger at the Clearwater Festival, 2007. | |
| Studio albums | 52 |
| Live albums | 26 |
| Compilation albums | 24 |
| Singles | 31 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Grammy Nominations | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Banjo | 1944 | Asch | [7] | ||
| Let's all Join In | 1948 | Young People's Records | |||
| Sea Songs | |||||
| Darling Corey | 1950 | Folkways | [8] | ||
| American Folk Songs for Children | 1953 | [9] | |||
| Frontier Ballads | 1954 | [10] | |||
| How to Play the 5-String Banjo | [11] | ||||
| Bantu Choral and Folk Songs | 1955 | [12] | |||
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes | [13] | ||||
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes | [14] | ||||
| Camp Songs | [15] | with Erik Darling | |||
| The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol. 1: An Instruction Record | |||||
| Goofing-Off Suite | [16] | ||||
| Love Songs for Friends and Foes | 1956 | [17] | |||
| American Industrial Ballads | |||||
| American Ballads | 1957 | ||||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 | December 1957 | [18] | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 | 1958 | [19] | |||
| Gazette, Vol. 1 | [20] | ||||
| Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories [a] | [21] | ||||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 | 1959 | [22] | |||
| American Play Parties | [23] | with Mika Seeger and Rev. Larry Eisenberg | |||
| Folk Songs for Young People | Grammy Award for Best Album for Children | [24] | |||
| Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes | [25] | with Frank Hamilton | |||
| Champlain Valley Songs | 1960 | [26] | |||
| Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger | [27] | ||||
| Songs of the Civil War | [28] | ||||
| Indian Summer | [29] | ||||
| Story Songs | April 1961 | Columbia | [30] | ||
| Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | May 1961 | Folkways | [31] | ||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 | 1961 | [32] | |||
| Gazette, Vol. 2 | [33] | ||||
| Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1 | [34] | ||||
| Activity Songs | 1962 | [35] | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 | [36] | ||||
| The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly | [37] | ||||
| Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2 | 1963 | [38] | |||
| Broadsides: Songs and Ballads | 1964 | [39] | |||
| God Bless the Grass | January 17, 1966 | Columbia | Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording | [40] | |
| Dangerous Songs!? | 1966 | [41] | |||
| Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs | August 1967 | Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance | [42] | ||
| Traditional Christmas Carols | 1967 | Folkways | [43] | ||
| Pete Seeger Now | 1968 | Columbia | [44] | ||
| Pete Seeger Young vs. Old | 1969 | [45] | |||
| Rainbow Race | 1971 | [46] | |||
| Banks of Marble and Other Songs | 1974 | Folkways | [47] | ||
| Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street | Sesame Street | [48] | |||
| Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay | 1976 | Folkways | [49] | with Ed Renehan | |
| Circles and Seasons | 1979 | Warner Bros. | [50] | ||
| Carry It On | 1986 | Flying Fish | with Si Kahn and Jane Sapp | ||
| Pete | April 16, 1996 | Living Music | Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album[b] | [51] | |
| 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[b] | |||
| Tomorrow's Children | July 27, 2010 | Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children[b] | |||
| A More Perfect Union | September 25, 2012 | [52] | |||
| Pete Remembers Woody | [53] |
Live albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Grammy Nominations | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Pete Seeger Concert | 1953 | Stinson | [54] | ||
| With Voices Together We Sing | 1956 | Folkways | [55] | ||
| Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry | 1957 | Pete and Sonny at Carnegie Hall | |||
| Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall | 1960 | [56] | |||
| Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | [57] | ||||
| Sing Out with Pete! | 1961 | [58] | |||
| Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2 | 1962 | Folkways | [59] | ||
| The Bitter and the Sweet: Recorded In Person At The Bitter End | Columbia | [60] | |||
| Children's Concert at Town Hall | 1963 | Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children | [61] | ||
| We Shall Overcome | [62] | ||||
| Sing Out! Hootenanny | Folkways | [63] | |||
| I Can See a New Day | 1964 | Columbia | [64] | ||
| Sing with Seeger! | Folkways | [65] | |||
| Strangers and Cousins | Columbia | Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children | [66] | ||
| Pete Seeger on Campus | 1965 | Verve Folkways | [67] | ||
| WNEW's Story of Selma | Folkways | [68] | with Len Chandler and the Freedom Voices | ||
| Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston | 1968 | [69] | |||
| Together in Concert | 1975 | Reprise | with Arlo Guthrie | ||
| Singalong Demonstration Concert | 1980 | Folkways | [70] | ||
| Precious Friend | 1982 | Rising Son | with Arlo Guthrie | ||
| Pete Seeger's Family Concert | April 14, 1992 | Sony Kids’ Music | [71] | ||
| Live at Newport | June 1, 1993 | Vanguard | [72] | ||
| More Together Again | 1994 | Rising Son | with Arlo Guthrie | ||
| Live in Lisbon | June 28, 2000 | Movieplay | [73] | ||
| In Prague 1964 | 2001 | Flyright | [74] | ||
| Live in 65 | November 10, 2009 | Appleseed | [75] | ||
| The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 | April 19, 2011 | Smithsonian Folkways | [76] |
Compilation albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Source albums | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950 | 1964 | Folkways | [77] | |
| Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie | 1967 | |||
| Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits | 1967 (reissued 2002 with 4 extra songs) | Columbia, then Sony | [78] | |
| 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 | ||
| How I Hunted The Little Fellows | 1980 | Folkways | How I Hunted The Little Fellows by Boris Zhitkov, Pete Seeger Sings In Concert At Town Hall | |
| We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert | 1989 | Columbia | We Shall Overcome | [79] |
| A Fish That's a Song | 1990 | Smithsonian Folkways | album with various artists | [80] |
| Folk Music of the World | 1991 | Legacy | [81] | |
| Clearwater Classics | 1993 | Sony | [82] | |
| A Link in the Chain | September 3, 1996 | Legacy | [83] | |
| Best of Pete Seeger | September 30, 1997 | Vanguard | [84] | |
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) | February 17, 1998 | Folkways | Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes | [85] |
| For Kids and Just Plain Folks | March 24, 1998 | Sony | [86] | |
| If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle | May 19, 1998 | Folkways | [87] | |
| The Original Folkways Recordings | February 23, 1999 | Legacy | [88] | |
| Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs | May 18, 1999 | Folkways | [89] | |
| Pioneer of Folk | August 1, 1999 | Prism | [90] | |
| 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 | [91] |
| Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie | 2014 | Compass | album with various artists |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | 75 | Broadside 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.
Other appearances
| Title | Release date | Label | Source albums | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Time Fiddle Tunes Played By Jean Carignan | 1960 | Folkways | Jean Carignan on fiddle | banjo on “Haste to the Wedding”, “Winnipeg Reel”, “Fishers Hornpipe”, “Blacksmith’s Reel”, “Reel of the Hanged One”, “Medley & Lord MacDonald's Reel”, and “The Connaught Mans Ramblers” and guitar on “Bonny Kate” |
| The Second Annual Farewell Reunion | 1973 | Mercury | Mike Seeger | banjo and vocals on “Well, May the World Go” |
| Third Annual Farewell Reunion | 1994 | Rounder | guitar and vocals on “500 Miles” | |
| Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection | 1995 | Tony Trischka | guitar and recorder on “Good King Wenceslas” and guitar on “Deck the Halls” | |
| My Name Is Buddy | 2007 | Nonesuch | Ry Cooder | banjo on "J. Edgar" |
| Territory | 2008 | Smithsonian Folkways | Tony Trischka | banjo and vocals on “Leatherwing Bat” |