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Nachdem er 1948 den progressiven Präsidentschaftskandidaten Henry A. Wallace im Wahlkampf unterstützt hatte, gründete Pete Seeger 1949 zusammen mit dem Sänger Lee Hays sowie Ronnie Gilbert und Fred Hellermann das Quartett The Weavers, genannt nach dem Theaterstück Die Weber von Gerhart Hauptmann. [13]
Pete Seeger recites a poem by Lee Hayes, from an interview performed at KWMR public radio in Point Reyes California... 2008.Thanks to Eileen MacAvary Kane w...
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"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the Progressive movement, and was first recorded by the Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.
8. März 2017 · A Classic!Singing for Justice, Singing for UnityBrooklyn, NY Winter 2017Sung by:Ben KramarzRory MichelleAryeh CanterJeremy SchwartzRachel JacobsMike Schwartz...
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560. If I Had a Hammer (Pete Seeger and Lee Hays) 12,300 views. 26. Written in 1949, this song, also known as "The Hammer Song," was first recorded by The Weavers. It did not achieve...
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At a board meeting in late 1946, Pete Seeger proposed Hays be replaced as executive secretary with energetic young friend of his, Felix Landau, whom Pete had met during his army days in Saipan. In retrospect, Pete confessed "I think it was a mistake. Lee's perceptions were probably truer than mine."
Zu ihnen gehörten Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Ronnie Gilbert und Pete Seeger. Sie zählten zu den wenigen Folkbands denen ein kommerzieller Erfolg ohne größere Kompromisse vergönnt war. Obwohl Seegers politische Einstufung seitens der Kommission bekannt war verkaufte die Gruppe z.B. im Jahr 1950 eine Million Tonträger.
