WRITTEN ON THE SCREEN; IN THE NEWS NET. A NEW COMBINATION. "FIRES OF FAITH." FILM MEN GOING ABROAD. GRIFFITH PICTURES.
Date: 04 May 1919
Warner, William H., and De Witte Kaplan, Mothers of Men
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and left-wing social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, especially their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, workers' rights, counterculture, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War.
Among the prolific songwriter's best-known songs are "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" (also with Hays), and "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", which has been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement. "Flowers" was a hit recording for The Kingston Trio (1962); Marlene Dietrich, who recorded it in English, German and French (1962); and Johnny Rivers (1965). "If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963) while The Byrds had a number one hit with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" in 1965.
Seeger was one of the folk singers responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists), which became the acknowledged anthem of the civil rights movement, soon after folk singer and activist Guy Carawan introduced it at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. In the PBS American Masters episode "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", Seeger said it was he who changed the lyric from the traditional "We will overcome" to the more singable "We shall overcome".
llegir més...El 3 de maig de 1919 era un dissabte sota el signe estrella de ♉. Era el 122 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Woodrow Wilson.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 107 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el diumenge, 3 de maig de 2026, fa 27 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dilluns, 3 de maig de 2027, d'aquí a 337 dies. Heu viscut durant 39.109 dies, o unes 938.633 hores, o uns 56.317.990 minuts, o uns 3.379.079.400 segons.
Date: 04 May 1919
Warner, William H., and De Witte Kaplan, Mothers of Men
Date: 04 May 1919
By DR. E.G. TABET.Dr. E.G. TABET
Date: 04 May 1919
Squadron of 150 fliers ready for service; Col J. de Mont Thompson, head, tells need of traffic rules
Date: 04 May 1919
Militarism is broken forever, he says
Date: 04 May 1919
77th Div. Assn.77th Div. Assn.77th Div. Assn.International Film ServiceHarris & Ewing.Paul Thompson
attack by T. G. Fillette, lr
Date: 04 May 1919
reports Allies ready to call Austro-Hungarian envoys
Date: 04 May 1919
Paine, Albert B., Dwellers in Arcady