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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 .
Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015), was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.
The Weavers, a folk-singing group that Seeger had co-founded, recorded a very popular version of the song, using Seeger's arrangement, on 21 February 1951. [3] It was released by Decca Records as catalog number 27515, [ 25 ] reaching No. 2 on the Billboard chart and No. 1 on the Cash Box chart, and selling over a million copies.
The Tune Weavers were an American vocal group formed in 1957. They had a US top ten hit in 1957 with " Happy, Happy Birthday Baby ". After first splitting up in 1962, the group has continued to perform with two original members.
In 1950, one year after Lead Belly's death, the American folk band the Weavers recorded a version of "Goodnight, Irene". [16] It was a B-side track on the Decca label , produced by Milt Gabler . The arranger was Gordon Jenkins .
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.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film two thumbs up [6] to the point where the latter choose it as the #10 choice on his list for the best films of that year. [7]The film was also the inspiration for the 2003 mockumentary film A Mighty Wind.
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.