#leehays — Public Fediverse posts
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"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a #protestSong written by #PeteSeeger and #LeeHays. It was written in 1949 in support of the #ProgressiveMovement, and was first recorded by #theWeavers, a #folkMusic quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, #RonnieGilbert, and #FredHellerman. It was a No. 10 hit for #PeterPaulAndMary in 1962 and then went to No. 3 a year later when recorded by #TriniLopez in 1963. In a May 1963 interview on Folk Music Worldwide, #PaulStookey of Peter.
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#OnThisDay in 1981, #LeeHays, American folk singer (The Weavers), songwriter ("Wasn't That a Time?"; "If I Had a Hammer"; "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"), and civil rights activist, died of a heart attack at 67.
#RIP 🥀🕯️ -
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a #protestSong written by #PeteSeeger and #LeeHays. It was written in 1949 in support of the #ProgressiveMovement, and was first recorded by #theWeavers, a #folkMusic quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, #RonnieGilbert, and #FredHellerman. It was a #10 hit for #PeterPaulAndMary in 1962 and then went to #3 a year later when recorded by #TriniLopez in 1963.
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"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a #protestSong written by #PeteSeeger and #LeeHays. It was written in 1949 in support of the #ProgressiveMovement, and was first recorded by #theWeavers, a #folkMusic quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, #RonnieGilbert, and #FredHellerman. It was a #10 hit for #PeterPaulAndMary in 1962 and then went to #3 a year later when recorded by #TriniLopez in 1963.
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#nowplaying - always topical, but thinking of the encroaching new york nurses' strike ( https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/17000-nyc-nurses-poised-to-strike-as-tridemic-rages/3999690/ ). released around the time of #peteseeger & #leehays's HUAC testimony in 1955, side B features the original 1941 #almanacsingers, side A with newly recorded songs for #unions. used to think "which side are you on" was corny af but turns out it gets heavier each year.