The Almanac Singers
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: 1940 in New York City, New York, United States
- Active: 1940 - 1943
Biography
The Almanac Singers was a New York City folk group founded in 1940 by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, later joined by Woody Guthrie. The loose collective sang topical, pro-union and anti-racist songs, releasing 'Songs for John Doe', 'Talking Union', 'Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads' and 'Sod Buster Ballads' in 1941 and 'Dear Mr. President' in 1942. Blacklisting over its Communist associations broke the group up by 1943, and Seeger and Hays went on to form *The Weavers*.
The Almanac Singers Discography
- Talking Union (1941) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads (1941) - Album - rated 3.1/5
- Sod-Buster Ballads (1941) - Album - rated 2.85/5
- Songs for John Doe (1941) - Album - rated 3.6/5
- The Original Talking Union & Other Union Songs (1955) - Compilation - rated 3.58/5
- Songs of Protest (2001) - Compilation - rated 3.49/5
Members
- Pete Seeger - vocals, banjo, recorder (1940–1942)
- Lee Hays - vocals (1940–1942)
- Millard Lampell - vocals (1940–1942)
- Woody Guthrie - vocals, guitar, harmonica (1941–1942)
- Josh White - vocals, guitar (1941)
- Sam Gary - vocals (1941)
- Bess Lomax Hawes - vocals (1941–1942)
- Peter Hawes - vocals (1941)