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"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 .
The songs on the album include "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", made famous by The Weavers, "If I Had a Hammer", and a multi-religious "Old Time Religion". The duo also perform three of Woody Guthrie's songs. Some tracks, rather than songs, are Guthrie or Pete telling stories or thinking out loud.
It also included "If I Had a Hammer", three months after the release of the song by folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. In 1963 McGuire, with Randy Sparks (founder of the New Christy Minstrels), co-wrote and sang lead vocal on the band's first and biggest hit single: "Green, Green".
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 ...
Perry Wilson Anthony (born Mary Elizabeth Wilson; July 13, 1916 – December 30, 2009) was an American actress most active during the 1950s and 1960s. She was best known for her role in the 1957 film Fear Strikes Out .
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle is a 1998 compilation album by Pete Seeger and was released on Smithsonian Folkways as SFW40096.. This collection is a compilation of 24 songs selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s and two new songs recorded especially for this collection.
If I Had a Hammer may also refer to: "If I Had a Hammer", a different song by American Music Club from their 1994 album Mercury "If I Had a Hammer" (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), a 1998 episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys; If I Had a Hammer, a film by independent filmmaker Josh Becker "If I Had a Hammer" , an episode of the TV ...
The album spawned three hits, most notably "Oney," which hit #2 on the country singles chart. The title track and Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer" (previously a hit for Peter, Paul, and Mary) also charted. "Country Trash" was re-recorded by Cash nearly three decades later, on American III: Solitary Man. The album itself reached #5 on the ...