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Lee Elhardt Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folk singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in society.
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and ...
- 1948–1952, 1955–1964, 1980, (occasional reunions between 1964 and 1980)
If I Had a Hammer ist ein von Pete Seeger (Musik) mit Lee Hays (Text) im Jahre 1949 geschriebener Folksong, der als Protestlied zu einem Evergreen wurde. Die erfolgreichste Version stammt von Trini Lopez aus dem Jahr 1963.
Ein Jahr später starb Lee Hays. Dieser Auftritt wurde in der von ihm noch verfassten Dokumentation Wasn’t That a Time (1982) festgehalten. In der US-amerikanischen Folk-Music haben die Weavers einen festen Platz.
the Weavers, seminal American folksinging group of the late 1940s and ’50s. The original members were Lee Hays (b. 1914, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.—d. August 26, 1981, Croton-on-Hudson, New York), Ronnie Gilbert (b. September 7, 1926, New York, New York—d.
"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 .
27. Aug. 1981 · Lee Hays, who sang bass with the Weavers, the folk-singing quartet that started the folk-music boom of the 1950's, died of a heart attack at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Tarrytown, N.Y.,...
