The Weavers

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The Weavers were a pioneering American folk music group whose popular recordings and politically tinged repertoire helped spark the mid-20th-century folk music revival.

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instanceOf American folk music group
vocal group
activeYearsStart 1948
associatedWith American labor movement
American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
blacklistedDuring McCarthyism
surface form: McCarthy era
chartSuccess Goodnight Irene
surface form: Goodnight, Irene reached number 1 on the U.S. charts in 1950
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
disbandedTemporarily 1952
finalConcert 1980 reunion concert at Carnegie Hall
formedIn New York City
founder Lee Hays
Pete Seeger
genre folk music
protest music
traditional folk
influenced American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Peter, Paul and Mary
The Kingston Trio
knownForSong Goodnight Irene
surface form: Goodnight, Irene

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
On Top of Old Smoky
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh
surface form: So Long (It’s Been Good to Know Yuh)

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languageOfLyrics English
legacy pioneers of commercially successful folk music in the United States
member Fred Hellerman
Lee Hays
Pete Seeger
Ronnie Gilbert
notableEvent New Year’s Eve 1955–56 Carnegie Hall concert
notableFor helping spark the mid-20th-century folk music revival
performanceVenue Carnegie Hall
politicalOrientation left-wing
politicalThemes peace
social justice
workers’ rights
recordLabel Decca Records
repertoireIncludes international folk songs
spirituals
traditional American folk songs
union songs
reunited mid-1950s
subjectOf documentary film The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time!
vocalStyle close harmony singing

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Woody Guthrie associatedWith The Weavers
Pete Seeger memberOf The Weavers
Lead Belly influenced The Weavers
If I Had a Hammer recordedBy The Weavers
Goodnight Irene recordedBy The Weavers
Goodnight Irene popularizedBy The Weavers
Goodnight Irene performer The Weavers
subject surface form: The Weavers 1950 recording of Goodnight Irene
Goodnight Irene hasVersion The Weavers
this entity surface form: The Weavers 1950 recording of Goodnight Irene
Goodnight Irene chartSuccessWith The Weavers
this entity surface form: The Weavers 1950 recording of Goodnight Irene
Peter, Paul and Mary associatedAct The Weavers
Old Dan Tucker performedBy The Weavers
Almanac Singers associatedAct The Weavers
Almanac Singers influenced The Weavers
Don McLean influencedBy The Weavers