| Artist: | Pete Seeger |
| Studio: | 52 |
| Live: | 22 |
| Compilation: | 23 |
| Singles: | 31 |
The discography of Pete Seeger, an American folk singer, consists of 52 studio albums, 23 compilation albums, 22 live albums, and 31 singles. Seeger's musical career started in 1940 when he joined The Almanac Singers. He stayed with the group for two years until he was drafted into the Army to fight in the Second World War.[1] After the end of World War II in 1945, Seeger helped found an organization known as People's Songs, along with the influential folk music magazine People's Songs Bulletin. He published several singles and a studio album with the magazine. Seeger would play at People's Songs events, called hootenannies, until the organization folded in 1949. After People's Songs, Seeger and another former member of the Almanacs, Lee Hays, founded the Weavers, who achieved commercial success. In 1952, The Weavers went on hiatus due to the Red Scare; Seeger and Hays both had Communist ties. After the demise of the Weavers, Seeger released a solo album, American Folk Songs for Children, in 1953 on Folkways Records. He continued to release albums on Folkways until he signed with Capitol in 1961.
| Release date | Label | Grammy Nominations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Banjo | 1944 | Asch | |||
| Let's all Join In | 1948 | Young People's Records | |||
| Sea Songs | 1948 | Young People's Records | |||
| Darling Corey | 1950 | Folkways | |||
| American Folk Songs for Children | 1953 | Folkways | [2] | ||
| Frontier Ballads | 1954 | Folkways | [3] | ||
| How to Play the 5-String Banjo | 1954 | Folkways | [4] | ||
| Bantu Choral and Folk Songs | 1955 | Folkways | [5] | ||
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes | 1955 | Folkways | [6] | ||
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes | 1955 | Folkways | [7] | ||
| Camp Songs | 1955 | Folkways | [8] | ||
| The Folksinger's Guitar Guide, Vol. 1: An Instruction Record | 1955 | Folkways | |||
| Goofing-Off Suite | 1955 | Folkways | [9] | ||
| Love Songs for Friends and Foes | 1956 | Folkways | [10] | ||
| American Industrial Ballads | 1956 | Folkways | |||
| American Ballads | 1957 | Folkways | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 | Folkways | [11] | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 | 1958 | Folkways | [12] | ||
| Gazette, Vol. 1 | 1958 | Folkways | [13] | ||
| 1958 | Folkways | [14] | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 | 1959 | Folkways | [15] | ||
| American Play Parties | 1959 | Folkways | [16] | ||
| Folk Songs for Young People | 1959 | Folkways | Best Recording for Children | [17] | |
| Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes | 1959 | Folkways | [18] | ||
| Champlain Valley Songs | 1960 | Folkways | [19] | ||
| Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger | 1960 | Folkways | [20] | ||
| Songs of the Civil War | 1960 | Folkways | [21] | ||
| Indian Summer | Folkways | [22] | |||
| Story Songs | Columbia | [23] | |||
| Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | Folkways | [24] | |||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 | 1961 | Folkways | [25] | ||
| Gazette, Vol. 2 | 1961 | Folkways | [26] | ||
| Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1 | 1961 | Folkways | [27] | ||
| Activity Songs | 1962 | Folkways | [28] | ||
| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 | 1962 | Folkways | [29] | ||
| The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly | 1962 | Folkways | [30] | ||
| Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2 | 1963 | Folkways | [31] | ||
| Broadsides: Songs and Ballads | 1964 | Folkways | [32] | ||
| God Bless the Grass | Columbia | Best Folk Recording | [33] | ||
| Dangerous Songs!? | 1966 | Columbia | [34] | ||
| Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs | Columbia | Best Folk Performance | [35] | ||
| Traditional Christmas Carols | 1967 | Folkways | [36] | ||
| Pete Seeger Now | 1968 | Columbia | [37] | ||
| Pete Seeger Young vs. Old | 1969 | Columbia | [38] | ||
| Rainbow Race | 1971 | Columbia | [39] | ||
| Banks of Marble and Other Songs | 1974 | Columbia | [40] | ||
| Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street | 1974 | Sesame Street | [41] | ||
| Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay | 1976 | Folkways | [42] | ||
| Circles and Seasons | 1979 | Warner Bros. | [43] | ||
| A Fish That's a Song | 1990 | [44] | |||
| Pete | Living Music | Best Traditional Folk Album | [45] | ||
| Seeds - The Songs Of Pete Seeger: Volume 3 | Appleseed | Best Traditional Folk Album | |||
| At 89 | Appleseed | Best Traditional Folk Album | |||
| Tomorrow's Children | Appleseed | Best Musical Album for Children | |||
| A More Perfect Union | Appleseed | [46] | |||
| Pete Remembers Woody | Appleseed | [47] |
| Release date | Label | Grammy Nominations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Pete Seeger Concert | Folkways | [48] | |||
| With Voices Together We Sing | 1956 | Folkways | [49] | ||
| Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall | 1960 | Folkways | [50] | ||
| Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | 1960 | Folkways | [51] | ||
| Sing Out with Pete | 1961 | Folkways | [52] | ||
| Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2 | 1962 | [53] | |||
| The Bitter and the Sweet: Recorded In Person At The Bitter End | 1962 | Columbia | [54] | ||
| Children's Concert at Town Hall | 1963 | Columbia | Best Recording for Children | [55] | |
| We Shall Overcome | 1963 | Columbia | [56] | ||
| Sing Out | Hootenanny | 1963 | Folkways | [57] | |
| I Can See a New Day | 1964 | Columbia | [58] | ||
| Sing with Seeger | 1964 | Folkways | [59] | ||
| Strangers and Cousins | 1964 | Columbia | Best Recording for Children | [60] | |
| Pete Seeger on Campus | 1965 | Verve Folkways | [61] | ||
| WNEW's Story of Selma | 1965 | Folkways | [62] | ||
| Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions at Ford Forum Hall Boston | 1968 | Folkways | [63] | ||
| Singalong Demonstration Concert | 1980 | Folkways | [64] | ||
| Pete Seeger's Family Concert | Sony Kids’ Music | [65] | |||
| Live at Newport | Vanguard | [66] | |||
| Live in Lisbon | Movieplay | [67] | |||
| In Prague 1964 | 2001 | Flyright | [68] | ||
| Live in 65 | Appleseed | [69] | |||
| The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 | Smithsonian Folkways | [70] |
| Release date | Label | Source albums | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950 | 1964 | Folkways | [71] | ||
| Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie | 1967 | Folkways | |||
| Greatest Hits | 1967 (reissued 2002 with 4 extra songs) | Columbia, then Sony | [72] | ||
| Pete Seeger Sings Leadbelly | 1968 | Folkways | |||
| Wimoweh (And Other Songs of Freedom and Protest) | 1968 | Folkways | |||
| The World of Pete Seeger | 1974 | Columbia | |||
| The Essential Pete Seeger | 1978 | Vanguard | |||
| We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert | 1989 | Columbia | We Shall Overcome | [73] | |
| Folk Music of the World | 1991 | Legacy | [74] | ||
| Clearwater Classics | 1993 | Sony | [75] | ||
| A Link in the Chain | 3 September 1996 | Legacy | [76] | ||
| Best of Pete Seeger | 30 September 1997 | Vanguard | [77] | ||
| Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) | 17 February 1998 | Folkways | Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes | [78] | |
| For Kids and Just Plain Folks | 24 March 1998 | Sony | [79] | ||
| 19 May 1998 | Folkways | [80] | |||
| The Original Folkways Recordings | 23 February 1999 | Legacy | [81] | ||
| Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs | 18 May 1999 | Folkways | [82] | ||
| Pioneer of Folk | 1 August 1999 | Prism | [83] | ||
| American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children | 25 January 2000 | Folkways | American Folk Songs for Children and American Game and Activity Songs for Children | [84] |
| Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [85] | |||||
| 1941 | "Song for Harry Bridges" | — | |||
| 1942 | "Keep That Oil A-Rollin'" | — | |||
| 1947 | "Travelin' Death of Harry Sims" | — | |||
| "Zhankoye" | — | ||||
| 1948 | "Black, Brown, and White Blues" | — | |||
| "Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase" | — | ||||
| "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" | — | ||||
| 1950 | "Tzen, Tzen" | — | |||
| "Wreck of the John B" | — | ||||
| "Lonesome Traveller" | — | ||||
| 1951 | "Across the Wide Missouri" | — | |||
| "The Frozen Logger" | — | Darling Correy | |||
| "Along the Colorado Trail" | — | ||||
| "When the Saints Come Marching In" | — | ||||
| "Jig Along Home" | — | ||||
| "Join into the Game" | — | ||||
| "Twelve Days of Christmas" | — | ||||
| "Joy to the World" | — | ||||
| "I Ride an Old Paint" | — | ||||
| 1952 | "The Gandy Dancer's Ball" | — | |||
| "Hard, Ain't It Hard" | — | ||||
| "Bay of Mexico" | — | ||||
| 1953 | "Rock Island Line" | — | |||
| 1958 | "Done Laid Around" | — | |||
| 1959 | "The Battle of New Orleans" | — | Nonesuch and Other Folk Tunes | ||
| "Skip to My Lou" | — | ||||
| 1963 | "Little Boxes" | 75 | Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2 | ||
| 1965 | "Healing River" | — | |||
| "Draft Dodger Rag" | — | Dangerous Songs!? | |||
| 1967 | "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" | — | Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs | ||
| 1970 | "I Feel like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" | — | Pete Seeger Young vs. Old | ||
| 2012 | "God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Sloop Mix)" | — |