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.

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.^[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 was signed to Capitol in 1961.

Pete Seeger discography
Seeger at the Clearwater Festival, 2007.
Studio albums	52
Live albums	22
Compilation albums	23
Singles	31

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		^[7]
Let's all Join In	1948	Young People's Records		^[7]
Sea Songs	1948	Young People's Records		^[7]
Darling Corey	1950	Folkways		^[8]
American Folk Songs for Children	1953	Folkways		^[9]
Frontier Ballads	1954	Folkways		^[10]
How to Play the 5-String Banjo	1954	Folkways		^[11]
Bantu Choral and Folk Songs	1955	Folkways		^[12]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes	1955	Folkways		^[13]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes	1955	Folkways		^[14]
Camp Songs	1955	Folkways		^[15]
The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol. 1: An Instruction Record	1955	Folkways
Goofing-Off Suite	1955	Folkways		^[16]
Love Songs for Friends and Foes	1956	Folkways		^[17]
American Industrial Ballads	1956	Folkways
American Ballads	1957	Folkways
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1	December 1957	Folkways		^[18]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2	1958	Folkways		^[19]
Gazette, Vol. 1	1958	Folkways		^[20]
Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories ^[a]	1958	Folkways		^[21]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3	1959	Folkways		^[22]
American Play Parties	1959	Folkways		^[23]
Folk Songs for Young People	1959	Folkways	Best Recording for Children	^[24]
Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes	1959	Folkways		^[25]
Champlain Valley Songs	1960	Folkways		^[26]
Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger	1960	Folkways		^[27]
Songs of the Civil War	1960	Folkways		^[28]
Indian Summer	1960	Folkways		^[29]
Story Songs	April 1961	Columbia		^[30]
Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	May 1961	Folkways		^[31]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4	1961	Folkways		^[32]
Gazette, Vol. 2	1961	Folkways		^[33]
Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1	1961	Folkways		^[34]
Activity Songs	1962	Folkways		^[35]
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5	1962	Folkways		^[36]
The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly	1962	Folkways		^[37]
Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2	1963	Folkways		^[38]
Broadsides: Songs and Ballads	1964	Folkways		^[39]
God Bless the Grass	17 January 1966	Columbia	Best Folk Recording	^[40]
Dangerous Songs!?	1966	Columbia		^[41]
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs	August 1967	Columbia	Best Folk Performance	^[42]
Traditional Christmas Carols	1967	Folkways		^[43]
Pete Seeger Now	1968	Columbia		^[44]
Pete Seeger Young vs. Old	1969	Columbia		^[45]
Rainbow Race	1971	Columbia		^[46]
Banks of Marble and Other Songs	1974	Columbia		^[47]
Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street	1974	Sesame Street		^[48]
Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay	1976	Folkways		^[49]
Circles and Seasons	1979	Warner Brothers		^[50]
A Fish That's a Song	1990			^[51]
Pete	16 April 1996	Living Music	Best Traditional Folk Album^[b]	^[52]
Seeds - The Songs Of Pete Seeger: Volume 3	23 September 2003	Appleseed	Best Traditional Folk Album
At 89	30 September 2008	Appleseed	Best Traditional Folk Album^[b]
Tomorrow's Children	27 July 2010	Appleseed	Best Musical Album for Children^[b]
A More Perfect Union	September 25, 2012	Appleseed		^[53]
Pete Remembers Woody	25 September 2012	Appleseed		^[54]

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		^[55]
With Voices Together We Sing	1956	Folkways		^[56]
Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall	1960	Folkways		^[57]
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	Folkways		^[58]
Sing Out with Pete!	1961	Folkways		^[59]
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2	1962			^[60]
The Bitter and the Sweet: Recorded In Person At The Bitter End	1962	Columbia		^[61]
Children's Concert at Town Hall	1963	Columbia	Best Recording for Children	^[62]
We Shall Overcome	1963	Folkways		^[63]
Sing Out! Hootenanny	1963	Folkways		^[64]
I Can See a New Day	1964	Columbia		^[65]
Sing with Seeger!	1964	Folkways		^[66]
Strangers and Cousins	1964	Columbia	Best Recording for Children	^[67]
Pete Seeger On Campus	1965	Folkways		^[68]
WNEW's Story of Selma	1965	Folkways		^[69]
Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston	1968	Folkways		^[70]
Singalong Demonstration Concert	1980	Folkways		^[71]
Pete Seeger's Family Concert	14 April 1992	Sony		^[72]
Live at Newport	1 June 1993	Vanguard		^[73]
Live in Lisbon	28 June 2000	Movieplay		^[74]
In Prague 1964	2001	Flyright		^[75]
Live in 65	10 November 2009	Appleseed		^[76]
The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960	19 April 2011	Smithsonian Folkways		^[77]

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		^[78]
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie	1967	Folkways
Greatest Hits	1967 (reissued 2002 with 4 extra songs)	Columbia, then Sony		^[79]
Pete Seeger Sings Leadbelly	1968	Folkways
Wimoweh (And Other Songs of Freedom and Protest)	1968	Folkways
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	^[80]
Folk Music of the World	1991	Legacy		^[81]
Clearwater Classics	1993	Sony		^[82]
A Link in the Chain	3 September 1996	Legacy		^[83]
Best of Pete Seeger	30 September 1997	Vanguard		^[84]
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big)	17 February 1998	Folkways	Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes	^[85]
For Kids and Just Plain Folks	24 March 1998	Sony		^[86]
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle	19 May 1998	Folkways		^[87]
The Original Folkways Recordings	23 February 1999	Legacy		^[88]
Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs	18 May 1999	Folkways		^[89]
Pioneer of Folk	1 August 1999	Prism		^[90]
American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children	25 January 2000	Folkways	American Folk Songs for Children and American Game and Activity Songs for Children	^[91]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album	Ref(s)
		US ^[92]
1941	"Song for Harry Bridges"	—		^[93]
1942	"Keep That Oil A-Rollin'"	—		^[94]
1947	"Travelin' Death of Harry Sims"	—		^[94]
	"Zhankoye"	—		^[95]
1948	"Black, Brown, and White Blues"	—		^[95]
	"Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase"	—		^[95]
	"Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye"	—		^[95]
1950	"Tzen, Tzen"	—		^[96]
	"Wreck of the John B"	—		^[96]
	"Lonesome Traveller"	—		^[96]
1951	"Across the Wide Missouri"	—		^[97]
	"The Frozen Logger"	—	Darling Correy	^[97]
	"Along the Colorado Trail"	—		^[97]
	"When the Saints Come Marching In"	—		^[97]
	"Jig Along Home"	—		^[98]
	"Join into the Game"	—		^[98]
	"Twelve Days of Christmas"	—		^[98]
	"Joy to the World"	—		^[98]
	"I Ride an Old Paint"	—		^[98]
1952	"The Gandy Dancer's Ball"	—		^[99]
	"Hard, Ain't It Hard"	—		^[99]
	"Bay of Mexico"	—		^[99]
1953	"Rock Island Line"	—		^[99]
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!?	^[101]
1967	"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"	—	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs	^[101]
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.

References

Notes

1. Re-titled Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children for releases by Smithsonian Folkways.
2. Win

Citations

1. Dunaway 2009, p. 82
2. Dunaway 2009, pp. 116–19 and Winkler 2009, p. 33
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
9. Unterberger, Richie. "American Folk Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
10. Ruhlmann, William. "Frontier Ballads". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
11. "How to Play the 5-String Banjo Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
12. Ruhlmann, William. "Bantu Choral & Folk Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
13. Hinkle, Bob. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
14. Ruhlmann, William. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Bigger Fishes". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
15. Ruhlmann, William. "Camp Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
16. "Goofing-Off Suite". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
17. Ruhlmann, William. "Love Songs for Friends and Foes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
18. Elder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
19. Elder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
20. Ruhlmann, William. "Gazette, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
21. Ruhlmann, William. "Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
22. Ruhlmann, William. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
23. Ruhlmann, William. "American Play Parties". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
24. Unterberger, Richie. "Folk Songs for Young People". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
25. Ruhlmann, William. "Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
26. Ruhlmann, William. "Champlain Valley Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
27. Ruhlmann, William. "Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
28. Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of the Civil War". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
29. Mason, Stewart. "Indian Summer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
30. Mason, Stewart. "Story Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
31. "Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
32. Ruhlmann, William. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
33. Ruhlmann, William. "Gazette, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
34. Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
35. Unterberger, Richie. "Activity Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
36. Eder, Bruce. "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
37. Ruhlmann, William. "The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
38. Ruhlmann, William. "Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
39. Ruhlmann, William. "Broadsides: Songs and Ballads". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
40. Ruhlmann, William. "God Bless the Grass". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
41. Ruhlmann, William. "Dangerous Songs!?". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
42. Mason, Stewart. "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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.
51. Ruhlmann, William. "A Fish That's a Song". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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.
55. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
56. Ruhlmann, William. "With Voices Together We Sing". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
57. Ruhlmann, William. "Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
58. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
59. Ruhlmann, William. "Sing Out with Pete!". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
60. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
61. Ruhlmann, William. "The Bitter and the Sweet". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
62. Elder, Bruce. "Children's Concert at Town Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
63. Mason, Stewart. "Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
64. Ruhlmann, William. "Sing Out! Hootenanny". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
65. Ruhlmann, William. "I Can See a New Day". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
66. Ruhlmann, William. "Sing with Seeger!". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
67. Ruhlmann, William. "Strangers and Cousins". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
68. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger On Campus". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
69. Ruhlmann, William. "WNEW's Story of Selma". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
70. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
71. Ruhlmann, William. "Singalong Demonstration Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
72. Ruhlmann, William. "Pete Seeger's Family Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
73. Ruhlmann, William. "Live at Newport". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
74. "Live in Lisbon". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
75. "In Prague 1964". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
76. Ruhlmann, William. "Live in 65". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
77. Ruhlmann, William. "Live in 65". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
78. Ruhlmann, William. "Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930–1950". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
79. Unterberger, Richie. "Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
80. Ruhlmann, William. "We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
81. "Folk Music of the World Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
82. Small, Hank. "Clearwater Classics". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
83. Ruhlmann, William. "A Link in the Chain". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
84. "Best of Pete Seeger". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
85. Ruhlmann, William. "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little & Big)". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
86. McDonald, Steven. "For Kids and Just Plain Folks". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
87. Unterberger, Richie. "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
88. Leggett, Steve. "The Original Folkways Recordings". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
89. Unterberger, Richie. "Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
90. Ruhlmann, William. "Pioneer of Folk". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
91. Unterberger, Richie. "American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
92. "Pete Seeger Album Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
93. Dunaway 2010, p. 171
94. Dunaway 2010, p. 172
95. Dunaway 2010, p. 173
96. Dunaway 2010, p. 175
97. Dunaway 2010, p. 176
98. Dunaway 2010, p. 177
99. Dunaway 2010, p. 178
100. Dunaway 2010, p. 179
101. Popoff 2010, p. 1051

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.

Links

• Pete Seeger discography discography at Discogs