Born: May 3, 1919, New York City, US

Full Name: Peter Seeger

Instruments/roles: guitar, vocals, composer

Hit songs include: "Ballad of Harry Bridges" (with the Almanac Singers, 1942), "If I had a Hammer" (1949), "Where have all the Flowers gone?" (1955)

Hit albums/CDs include: American Industrial Ballads (1957), Folk Songs for Young People (1959), We Shall Overcome (1963)

Profile: Seeger's mother was a violin teacher and his father a musicologist. Seeger spent years traveling around the US, learning songs from farmers and other workers. He then performed with the Almanac Singers with Woody Guthrie, then with the Weavers, before going out on his own. His songs were often about political issues such as poverty and the environment.