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"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3 4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. A version recorded by The Weavers was a #1 hit in 1950. Pete Seeger of The Weavers has characterized it as Lead Belly's "theme song." [1]
After hearing Pete Seeger performing Tzena, [1] with The Weavers as backing, Gordon Jenkins made an arrangement of the song for the Weavers with English lyrics. [2] The Jenkins/Weavers version, released by Decca Records under catalog number 27077, was one side of a two-sided hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard magazine charts in 1950 while the ...
Huddie William Ledbetter / ˈ h j uː d i / (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) [1] was an American folk and blues musician notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced.
The group had a big hit in 1950 with Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", backed with the 1941 song "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena", which in turn became a best seller. [5] The recording stayed at number one on the charts for 13 weeks, the first folk song arrangement to achieve such success. "Goodnight, Irene" sold one million copies in 1950. [7] (Pete ...
"We Shall Be Free" (with Woody Guthrie)" "We Shall Walk Thru the Valley" "Western Plain" "When I Was a Cowboy" "When the Boys Were Out on the Western Plains" "When the Train Comes Along" "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (trad.) (see "In the Pines") "Whoa Back Buck" "Yellow Gal" "Yellow Women's Doorbells" (see "On a Monday") "You Can't Lose-A Me ...
"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.
It was a parody of, and answer song to, "Goodnight, Irene". A recording by The Weavers of "Goodnight, Irene" was released in 1950 and spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the United States pop chart. [1] The premise of "Wake Up, Irene" is that Irene was prevented from sleep by the steel guitars and everyone around the country singing goodnight to her for ...
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.