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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 American ballads .
Following its reintroduction to America by the Weavers, the song became a standard item of popular music, sung by Bing Crosby, [29] Perry Como, [30] Gene Autry, [31] as well as (in a brief excerpt) Elvis Presley. [32] The country music singer Kenny Rogers sometimes used the first part of "On Top of Old Smoky" as a joke in concert.
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (1957) is the second album by the Weavers. The concert was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Christmas Eve 1955. At the time the concert was a comeback for the group following the inclusion of the group on the entertainment industry blacklist. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top 200 ...
"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 .
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The song has been adapted and covered internationally by many pop and folk artists. It was first recorded in the United States by the Weavers in November 1951, and published under the title "Wimoweh" by a branch of Folkways Records in December of the same year. [4] The pop group Tight Fit made a cover of the song in 1982, reaching number one ...
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a popular song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of the Weavers. It became a US hit in a version recorded by the Weavers in 1951, and an even bigger hit in 1957 when recorded by Jimmie Rodgers. Frankie Vaughan also had a top ten hit with the song in the UK in 1958.
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vol. 2 is a live album by the Weavers, released in December 1960.Because Lee Hays was off-microphone during much of the actual April 1960 Carnegie Hall concert, most of the songs on this album were from a Berkeley, California performance of the same material.