false 2024-06-08 03:49:31 Greatest Hits 1986 1986-01-01 1986-01-01 66 Folk 44d0316d-3db2-4268-b647-0db20aaae56e 621b8812-df32-4bf1-80c4-aee05f803137 e309be0f-7180-350d-b455-b6e51bc0f9ac /media/data/media4/Music/The Weavers/Greatest Hits/folder.jpg /media/data/media4/Music/The Weavers/Greatest Hits/backdrop1.jpg The Weavers The Weavers 1 1 When the Saints Go Marching In 02:12 1 2 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 03:15 1 3 Tzena, Tzena, Tzena 01:14 1 4 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 01:46 1 5 Wimoweh 01:45 1 6 Around the World 02:52 1 6 On Top of Old Smokey 02:25 1 7 Follow the Drinking Gourd 02:09 1 8 Sixteen Tons 02:08 1 9 Guantanamera 04:31 1 10 Wreck of the John B 02:23 1 11 Rock Island Line 02:18 1 13 Goodnight Irene 03:56 1 14 Erie Canal 02:18 1 15 Wild Goose Grasses (In Tarrytown) 02:59 1 16 This Land Is Your Land 02:44 1 17 House of the Rising Sun 03:45 1 18 Aunt Rhodie 01:53 1 19 Gotta Travel On 03:38 1 20 Michael Row Your Boat Ashore 03:39 1 21 Old Riley 02:28 1 22 Brother Can You Spare a Dime 02:41 1 23 If I Had a Hammer 02:15 1 24 Darling Corey 01:53 1 25 So Long It's Been Good to Know You 02:30 The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads. The group sold millions of records at the height of their popularity, including the first folk song to reach No. 1 on popular music charts, their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene." Despite their popularity, the Weavers were blacklisted during much of the 1950s. During the Red Scare, members of the group were followed by the FBI and blacklisted, with Seeger and Hayes called in to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities Seeger left the group in 1957. His tenor and banjo part was covered in succession by Erik Darling, Frank Hamilton and finally Bernie Krause until the group disbanded in 1964.