Who wrote 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone'?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone? ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" is a modern folk-style song. The melody and the first three verses were written by Pete Seeger in 1955 and published in ""Sing Out!"" magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who turned it into a circular song. Its rhetorical ""where?"" and meditation on death place the song in the ""ubi sunt"" tradition. In 2010, the ""New Statesman"" listed it as one of the ""Top 20 Political Songs"". The 1964 release of the song as a Columbia Records Hall of Fame series 45 single,"
"in New York State, Michigan, and the Chicago area. As of 2013 he is living in Portland, Oregon. ""The Wobblies"" 1979 (song performer) Joe Hickerson Joe Hickerson (born October 20, 1935 in Highland Park, Illinois) is a noted folk singer and songleader. A graduate of Oberlin College, for 35 years (1963–1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. Joe is known for bringing together the original Russian text and his own verses to create the basis for ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" in collaboration with"
"Joe Hickerson Joe Hickerson (born October 20, 1935 in Highland Park, Illinois) is a noted folk singer and songleader. A graduate of Oberlin College, for 35 years (1963–1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. Joe is known for bringing together the original Russian text and his own verses to create the basis for ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" in collaboration with Pete Seeger, and for participating in the first LP recording of ""Kumbayah"". He is currently active as a lecturer, researcher, and performer, especially"
"McKuen (""Ally Ally Oxen Free"", ""The World I Used to Know"") and Billy Edd Wheeler (""Reverend Mr Black""). Best of all, in 1962 they introduced listeners to one of the most poignant songs ever written, the anti-war ballad ""Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"" by Pete Seeger, formerly with the Weavers. Further, Peter Dreier points out that ""the group deserves credit for helping to launch the folk boom that brought recognition to older folkies and radicals like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and for paving the way for newcomers like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs, who were well"
"A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" (with Joe Hickerson), ""If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)"" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and ""Turn! Turn! Turn!"", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are sung throughout the world. ""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"
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? ""Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"" is a song by American artist Paula Cole. It was released in March 1997 as the lead single from her second studio album, ""This Fire"". The song is Cole's only US Top Ten hit on ""Billboard""s Hot 100, reaching number 8. It is also Cole's only Top-40 hit in the UK to date, reaching number 15. The song was also a Grammy success, nominated for three awards, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The song helped Cole become the Best"
"Have All the Flowers Gone"", Pete Seeger described the long genesis of this song. Apparently the folk musician Lead Belly heard Irish performer Sam Kennedy in Greenwich Village singing the traditional Irish song ""Drimmin Down"" aka ""Drimmen Dow"", about a farmer and his dead cow. (The song, in fact, is called ""An droimfhionn donn dilís"" (""The whitebacked brown faithful cow/calf""). It is of the type categorized as ""aisling"" (dream) where the country of Ireland is given form. Most times the form is that of a comely young woman but here it is the faithful handsome cow.) Lead Belly adapted the"
"became even more widespread when it was included in the famous Wandervogel songbook ""Der Zupfgeigenhansl"" in 1909. In George Korson's ""Pennsylvania Songs and Legends"" (1949) there is a song with meter closer to the modern English version and beginning thus: This was collected in 1940, and is earlier than any known English-language version. This suggests that it might be a traditional ""Pennsylvania Dutch"" (i.e. German) song. Ed McCurdy recorded it in 1958 on ""Children's Songs"". Harry Belafonte recorded it with Odetta in 1960. It was in the UK charts in 1961. In his book ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone"""
"College Concert College Concert is the twelfth album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It was the group's third live release and the first live release with new member John Stewart. ""College Concert"" peaked at number three on the Billboard charts and was the largest-selling release by the Stewart-years Trio. The Trio recorded the single version of ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" in a New York studio November 14, 1961 and claimed authorship, but they took their names off when Pete Seeger asked them to. The single, with ""O"
"libretto adapted by his brother Leonid. Premiered in October 1935, it became wildly popular after Stalin saw and praised it a few months later. The opera was proclaimed a model of socialist realism in music and won Dzerzhinsky a Stalin Prize. The lyrics for the folk song ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson were adapted from a cossack folk song mentioned in ""And Quiet Flows the Don"". And Quiet Flows the Don And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (, literally ""Quiet Don"") is an epic novel in four volumes by"
"Where Have You Been (All My Life) ""Where Have You Been (All My Life)"" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. ""Where Have You Been (All My Life)"" was first released by Arthur Alexander in 1962, with ""Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)"" as the B-side, on Dot Records (London Records in the UK). Alexander biographer Richard Younger describes the song as ""a classic example of sixties pop songwriting that captures the thrill of first love."" ""Billboard Magazine"" described the song as ""an emotion-packed theme with solid female chorus work,"" and also praised the feeling Alexander"
"""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"" and ""Blowin' in the Wind"", Hal David wrote lyrics for ""The Windows of the World"" which overtly but gently lament U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War (an especial concern to David, who had two young sons, one of them almost of eligible age for the draft). The arrangement for ""The Windows of the World"" has a subtle Asian flavor featuring strings plucked in the style of a koto and also finger cymbals the latter evoking the sound of raindrops on a window. ""The Windows of the World"" represented a thematic departure for Warwick who"
"reading of ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone"". The cover photo was taken by Richard Avedon. In the UK the title song was issued as a single on Fontana Records. The 2002 reissue of the album by Vanguard features three previously unreleased additional tracks from the ""Farewell, Angelina"" sessions: ""One Too Many Mornings"", ""Rock, Salt, And Nails"", and ""The Water Is Wide"". In a retrospective summary for Allmusic, Bruce Eder commented on how Baez was expanding along with the folk-rock of the 60s. He felt that in addition to Baez, the album contained good work by Langhorne and Richard Romoff"
"by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson. Seeger found inspiration for the song while on his way to a concert. Leafing through his notebook he saw the passage, ""Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them. Where are the girls, they've all taken husbands. Where are the men, they're all in the army."" These lines were from a Ukrainian and Cossack folk song referenced in a novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, ""And Quiet Flows the Don"". Seeger adapted it to a tune, a lumberjack version of ""Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill"". With only three verses, he recorded it once in a medley"
"Where Did All the Love Go? ""Where Did All the Love Go?"" is a song by English rock band Kasabian and is the second official single from their third album ""West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"". It was released on 10 August 2009. Guitarist Sergio Pizzorno explained the song's meaning to ""New Musical Express"" stating that ""It's sitting at home seeing another kid get stabbed, everyone is scared and going, 'What the fuck is going on?"" The song also speaks about the Internet, with Pizzorno elaborating in an interview with ""The Sun"" that ""Kids today grow up really quickly and there's"
"album. Where Have You Been (All My Life) ""Where Have You Been (All My Life)"" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. ""Where Have You Been (All My Life)"" was first released by Arthur Alexander in 1962, with ""Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)"" as the B-side, on Dot Records (London Records in the UK). Alexander biographer Richard Younger describes the song as ""a classic example of sixties pop songwriting that captures the thrill of first love."" ""Billboard Magazine"" described the song as ""an emotion-packed theme with solid female chorus work,"" and also praised the feeling"
"song ""The Salesman, Denver Max"". Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ""Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"" is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of ""Epoch"" magazine. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid, which were profiled in ""Life"" magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4, 1966. Oates said that she dedicated the story to Bob Dylan because she was inspired to write it after listening to his song ""It's All Over Now, Baby"
"looked along the ranks in vain to find, what had become of them? Killed at Williamsburg, killed at Fair Oaks, killed at Glendale, killed at Malvern Hill; wounded or sick in the hospitals; prisoners at Richmond; deserters, we knew not where."" The final verse of the Paul Simon song ""Mrs. Robinson"" uses the motif, asking, ""Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?"" Simon's later explication of the song's meaning is consistent with the ""ubi sunt"" motif. Other examples from the American Folk Era are Pete Seeger's Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and Dick Holler's Abraham, Martin and John. The entire"
"Where Has Love Gone? (song) ""Where Has Love Gone?"" is a 1990 single from former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson. It was released as the lead single from the 1991 album ""Dreams That Money Can't Buy"". The song was written solely by Johnson and produced by Andy Richards. Released as the lead single from the ""Dreams That Money Can't Buy"" album, the single only peaked at #73 in the UK for a total of two weeks. Around the time of the release, Johnson's relations with MCA had declined after Johnson had discovered that no promotion budget has been"
"Where Has Everybody Gone? ""Where Has Everybody Gone?"" is a song by English-American rock band the Pretenders. It was one of two songs recorded by the band for the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"", the other being ""If There Was a Man"". ""Where Has Everybody Gone?"" peaked at number 26 on the United States ""Billboard"" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Both ""Where Has Everybody Gone?"" and ""If There Was a Man"" are included on ""The Living Daylights"" soundtrack, as well as an instrument remix of the former. In the film, the henchman Necros is seen listening to the"
"Wildflowers (Dolly Parton song) ""Wildflowers"" is a song written by Dolly Parton, which was included on the Grammy-winning, multi-Patinum 1987 album ""Trio"" with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. In the song, Parton talks about being restless and wanting to branch out, using wildflowers as a metaphor, concluding that ""wildflowers don't care where they grow"". The original recording featured an autoharp, acoustic guitar (played by Harris) and fiddle, and was arranged to sound like an old fashioned Appalachian folk song. It was the fourth single released from the ""Trio"" album, and reached #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks"
"Heart's All Gone ""Heart's All Gone"" is a song by American rock band Blink-182 from the band's sixth studio album, ""Neighborhoods"" (2011). The song, written by bassist Mark Hoppus, guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker, was released on August 5, 2011 as a pre-release track from ""Neighborhoods"", although not a single. It is one of the band's fastest songs, and is largely a throwback to the sound of previous releases. In addition, it recalls the band's upbringings in the West Coast punk scene. It received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. A music video was released on September 28,"
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ""Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"" is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of ""Epoch"" magazine. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid, which were profiled in ""Life"" magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4, 1966. Oates said that she dedicated the story to Bob Dylan because she was inspired to write it after listening to his song ""It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"". The story was originally"
"lyrics exemplify Guthrie's socialistic patriotism. Pete Seeger's ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"", was a popular anti-war protest song. Many of these types of songs became popular during the Vietnam War era. ""Blowin' in the Wind"", by Bob Dylan, was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary, and suggested that a younger generation was becoming more aware of global problems than many of the older generation. In 1964, Joan Baez had a top-ten hit in the UK with ""There but for Fortune"" (by Phil Ochs); it was a plea for the innocent victim of prejudice or inhumane policies. Many topical"
"a message type song ... 'Which side are you on?' That's such a waste? I mean, which side can you ""be"" on.'"" His next explicit topical protest song would be ""Hurricane"", written twelve years later, in 1976. Pete Seeger, founding member of the Almanac Singers and The Weavers, was a major influence on Dylan and his contemporaries, and continued to be a strong voice of protest in the 1960s, when he composed ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone"" (written with Joe Hickerson) and ""Turn, Turn, Turn"" (written during the 1950s but released on Seeger's 1962 album ""The Bitter and The"
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone ""Where Have All the Good Times Gone"" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks. It was released as the B-side to ""Till the End of the Day,"" and then on their album ""The Kink Kontroversy"" (1965 UK, 1966 US). Ray Davies said, ""We'd been rehearsing 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone' and our tour manager at the time, who was a lot older than us, said, 'That's a song a 40-year-old would write. I don't know where you get that from.' But I was taking inspiration from"
"even on a Windham Hill collection of choral music, and alongside performers like Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Bruce Springsteen for a collection of songs written by his friend, legendary folksinger, ‘Uncle’ Pete Seeger, called, ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone"". However, easily the proudest recording project he’s been involved with is the one produced by his friend Larry Long, called ""I Will Be Your Friend: Songs and Activities for Young Peacemakers"", in which Davis contributed the title track. It's a CD collection of enriching songs combined together with a teacher’s aid kit to help teach diversity and understanding. It"
"this single did prove popular on the radio. Where Did All the Love Go? ""Where Did All the Love Go?"" is a song by English rock band Kasabian and is the second official single from their third album ""West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"". It was released on 10 August 2009. Guitarist Sergio Pizzorno explained the song's meaning to ""New Musical Express"" stating that ""It's sitting at home seeing another kid get stabbed, everyone is scared and going, 'What the fuck is going on?"" The song also speaks about the Internet, with Pizzorno elaborating in an interview with ""The Sun"" that"
"were the first flowers to grow in the churned-up earth of soldiers' graves in Flanders, a region of Belgium. It is written from the point of view of the dead soldiers and, in the last verse, they call on the living to continue the conflict. The poem was written by Canadian physician, John McCrae, on 3 May 1915 after witnessing the death of his friend, a fellow soldier, the day before. The poem was first published on 8 December 1915 in the London-based magazine ""Punch"". In 1918, Moina Michael, who had taken leave from her professorship at the University of"
"Where the Wild Roses Grow ""Where the Wild Roses Grow"" is a duet by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and pop singer Kylie Minogue. It is the fifth song and lead single from the band's ninth studio album, ""Murder Ballads"" (1996), released on Mute Records. It was written by the band's frontman Nick Cave and produced by Tony Cohen and Victor Van Vugt. The song received a positive reception from music critics and became the band's most successful single worldwide reaching No. 3 in Norway, the top five in Australia, and the top twenty in the"
"Golden Guitar by Country Music Association of Australia at their annual awards ceremony in Tamworth. Geoff Mack Albert Geoffrey McElhinney OAM (20 December 1922 – 21 July 2017), better known as Geoff Mack, was a country singer-songwriter and aircraft mechanic. As a songwriter, he wrote the song ""I've Been Everywhere"" which was an Australian hit for Lucky Starr in April 1962 and became popular in North America when adapted for Hank Snow in November. More than 130 cover versions have been recorded. In 2008, Mack was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown. Born on 20 December 1922 in Surrey"
"Fran Minkoff Frances ""Fran"" Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers. Her collaborations include the anti-war song ""Come Away Melinda""—recorded in 1963 by Harry Belafonte and Judy Collins, and later by Tim Rose, Bobbie Gentry, and rock bands UFO, Uriah Heep, and Velvett Fogg, among others—together with ""Poverty Hill"", ""The Borning Day"", ""First Day Of Forever"" and ""Sunflower"", also first recorded by Belafonte. Minkoff died in New York City at the age of 87. Her husband, Harry Minkoff, died in New York City"
"on 4 June 2011. Fran Minkoff Frances ""Fran"" Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers. Her collaborations include the anti-war song ""Come Away Melinda""—recorded in 1963 by Harry Belafonte and Judy Collins, and later by Tim Rose, Bobbie Gentry, and rock bands UFO, Uriah Heep, and Velvett Fogg, among others—together with ""Poverty Hill"", ""The Borning Day"", ""First Day Of Forever"" and ""Sunflower"", also first recorded by Belafonte. Minkoff died in New York City at the age of 87. Her husband, Harry Minkoff, died"