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Pete Seeger Biography
Birth Name:Peter Seeger
Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States
Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Writer, Producer, Music department
Fast Facts
- In 1966, he received the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award
- In 1996, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Attended Harvard University, where he studied sociology
- In 1943, he got married to environmentalist Toshi-Aline Ota
- Was the son of famed music teacher and composer Charles Louis Seeger, Jr
- Quote: "The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known․"
- Was best known as a songwriter, including his work on "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"