![]() ![]() He changed the title from “I Will” to “We Shall,” and the lyric “Down in My Heart” to “Deep in My Heart.” Along with several colleagues, he copyrighted the updated song and assigned the royalties to a social activist foundation. His father was the musicologist Charles Seeger, and his mother Constance was a classical violinist. ![]() Seeger and some colleagues revised the title and the lyrics of an old African-American gospel song, I Will Overcome, which had become a labor union song in the 1940s. Growing up in a musical family, he had a long and productive career as a folk song leader and social activist. He was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) on August 18, 1955, refused to name names to the committee, and was convicted of contempt of Congress. Seeger then performed largely on college campuses. The singer, banjo player and songwriter Pete Seeger, who has died aged 94, popularised folksong performance during the 1940s and 50s and was a key figure in the folk revival from the 60s. ![]() Seeger and his group The Weavers had several popular recordings in the early 1950s, but, because of his civil rights and left-wing activism, they were blacklisted in the 1950s. LSeeger also made a major contribution to American culture by ocating and recording many long-forgotten folk songs and making them available to other, younger folk singers. The great American folk singer Pete Seeger, who is credited with being a key figure in the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, died on this day. ![]()
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