American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1▼Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Down In The Valley
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Down in the Valley (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 943)
3:46
A2Mary Don't You Weep
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Mary Don’t You Weep (pre-civil war spiritual) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
The Master Book of American Folk Song (number: 1338) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11823)
2:31
A3The Blue-Tail Fly
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Blue Tail Fly (“Jimmy Crack Corn”) (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1274)
2:35
A4Yankee Doodle
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Yankee Doodle (in 1957)
anthem of:
Connecticut, United States
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4501)
1:41
A5Cielito Lindo
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Cielito lindo (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
2:35
A6Buffalo Gals
recording of:
Buffalo Gals (American trad.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:22
A7The Wabash Cannon Ball
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (in 1957)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
3:05
A8So Long, It's Been Good To know You (Dusty Old Dust)
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:22
B1Wagoner's Lad
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wagoner’s Lad (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 414)
1:25
B2The Big Rock Candy Mountain
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
33:09
B3The Wreck Of The Old '97
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97 (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
1:53
B4On Top Of Old Smoky
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
On Top of Old Smoky
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:19
B5I Ride An Old Paint
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Old Paint (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 915)
33:25
B6Frankie And Jonny
guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”) (in 1957)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
4:28
B7Old Dan Tucker
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Old Dan Tucker (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 390)
2:14
B8Skip To My Lou
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Skip to My Lou (the original American folk song) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3593)
3:12
B9Home On The Range
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Home on the Range (in 1957)
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
1:52