A report on The Weavers
American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City.
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Goodnight, Irene
2 links20th-century American folk standard, written in time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933.
20th-century American folk standard, written in time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933.
In 1950, one year after Lead Belly's death, the American folk band The Weavers recorded a version of "Goodnight, Irene".
Gordon Jenkins
2 linksAmerican arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s.
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s.
Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Harry Nilsson, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald.
Pay Me My Money Down
0 linksMuch older and used in other songs.
Much older and used in other songs.
Also known as "Pay Me" or "Pay Me, You Owe Me", it was performed by The Weavers during their influential 1955 Carnegie Hall concerts.
Bernie Krause
1 linksAmerican musician and soundscape ecologist.
American musician and soundscape ecologist.
Krause joined The Weavers in 1963, occupying the tenor position originated by co-founder Pete Seeger until they disbanded in early 1964.
Terry Gilkyson
0 linksAmerican folk singer and songwriter.
American folk singer and songwriter.
He was also featured vocalist on The Weavers No. 1 hit recording of "On Top Of Old Smokey", as well as their recording of "Across The Wide Missouri".
The Almanac Singers
2 linksAmerican New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie.
American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie.
The new singing group, appearing for a while in 1949 under the rubric, "The Nameless Quartet", changed their name to The Weavers and went on to achieve great renown.
Frank Hamilton (musician)
1 linksAmerican folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator.
American folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator.
He was a member of the folk group The Weavers in the early 1960s, and appeared at the first Newport Folk Festival in 1959.
Holly Near
1 linksAmerican singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
When Near joined, they began to sound more like The Weavers, with three male voices and one female.
Greenwich Village
0 linksNeighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Notable performers there included: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Lead Belly, Anita O'Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and the Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.