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. He stayed with the group for two years until he was drafted into the Army to fight in the Second World War. and 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 Notes 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 with Erik Darling 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 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 1958 Gazette, Vol. 1 Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 1959 American Play Parties with Mika Seeger and Rev. Larry Eisenberg Folk Songs for Young People Grammy Award for Best Album for Children Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes with Frank Hamilton Champlain Valley Songs 1960 Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger Songs of the Civil War Indian Summer Story Songs Columbia Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon 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 Columbia Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording Dangerous Songs!? 1966 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs 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 Folkways Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street Sesame Street Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay 1976 Folkways with Ed Renehan Circles and Seasons 1979 Warner Bros. Carry It On 1986 Flying Fish with Si Kahn and Jane Sapp Pete Living Music Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album Seeds - The Songs Of Pete Seeger: Volume 3 Appleseed Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album At 89 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album Tomorrow's Children Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children A More Perfect Union Pete Remembers Woody
Live albums + List of live albums with re-releases and award nominations Title Release date Label Grammy Nominations Notes A Pete Seeger Concert Stinson With Voices Together We Sing 1956 Folkways Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry 1957 Pete and Sonny at Carnegie Hall 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 Folkways 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 with Len Chandler and the Freedom Voices Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston 1968 Together in Concert 1975 Reprise with Arlo Guthrie Singalong Demonstration Concert 1980 Folkways Precious Friend 1982 Rising Son with Arlo Guthrie Pete Seeger's Family Concert Sony Kids’ Music Live at Newport Vanguard More Together Again 1994 Rising Son with Arlo Guthrie Live in Lisbon Movieplay In Prague 1964 2001 Flyright Live in 65 Appleseed The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 Smithsonian Folkways
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums with re-releases and award nominations Title Release date Label Source albums Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950 1964 Folkways Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie 1967 Pete Seeger's 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 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 A Fish That's a Song 1990 Smithsonian Folkways album with various artists 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 Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie 2014 Compass album with various artists
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Year Title Peak chart positions Album US1941"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"75Broadside 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 Songs1970"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.
Other appearances + List of other artists Title Release date Label Source albums Comments Old Time Fiddle Tunes Played By Jean Carignan1960FolkwaysJean Carignan on fiddlebanjo 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 Reunion1973MercuryMike Seegerbanjo and vocals on “Well, May the World Go” Third Annual Farewell Reunion1994Rounderguitar and vocals on “500 Miles” Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection1995Tony Trischkaguitar and recorder on “Good King Wenceslas” and guitar on “Deck the Halls” My Name Is Buddy2007NonesuchRy Cooderbanjo on "J. Edgar" Territory2008Smithsonian FolkwaysTony Trischkabanjo and vocals on “Leatherwing Bat”
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