The Songs of
Songs Performers Albums Audio

1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jesse James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. O Mary Don't You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On the Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A Courtin'
14. Buffalo Gals
15. How Can I Keep From Singing

American Land Edition Additional Songs:

16. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
17. Bring 'Em Home
18. American Land

Seeger Sessions Tour Songs:

1. Long Black Veil

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The Performers

This site documents more than 1270 artists or artist combinations who have recorded at least one of the songs appearing on "The Seeger Sessions. This page documents those artists who have recorded more than one of those songs. Sort by artist, or by number of songs, by clicking on the column header. Columns marked 1-15 correspond to the album track numbers; any item in green means that the artist has recorded it.

Approximately 40 artists are documented as having recorded at least 3 of the songs included in "The Seeger Sessions."

Artist
No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Notes
101 Strings Orchestra
2
         Y         Y           instrumentals
2nd South Carolina String Band
2
 Y                         Y    
Adagio Trio
2
                   Y         Y instrumentals
Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters
2
 Y                         Y    
Alan Mills
2
                   Y     Y      
Alfred Newman and the Ken Darby Singers
2
           Y       Y            
Almeda Riddle
2
   Y                     Y      
Amasong
2
                   Y         Y a capella
Arlo Guthrie
6
   Y     Y   Y     Y       Y Y "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "How Can I Keep From Singing" and "Jacob's Ladder" with Pete Seeger
Austin Harmon
3
 Y Y     Y                     field recordings
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
2
   Y     Y                     "Poor Jesse James"
Bill Bonyun
2
   Y       Y                    
Bill Davis
2
         Y         Y           "John Henry" with Jean Davis
Bill Harley
2
                 Y     Y       "Hold On (Keep Your Eyes On the Prize)"
Bill Ramsey
3
 Y       Y               Y      
Blind James Campbell
2
         Y                 Y    
Bob Dylan
4
                 Y Y   Y Y     "Gospel Plow" (for "Eyes On the Prize"); "We Shall Overcome" as part of ensemble
Bobby Horton
2
                   Y         Y  
Bruce Molsky
2
         Y                 Y   instrumentals
Burl Ives
6
 Y Y Y Y Y               Y      
Calvin Cole
2
         Y                 Y   field recordings; "Roundtown Gals" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Camp Lincoln String Band
2
                         Y Y   "Keemo Kimo" (for Froggie); "Lubly Fan" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Camptown Shakers
2
                         Y Y   "Keemo Kimo" (for Froggie)
Charlie McCoy
2
         Y         Y            
Cisco Houston
5
 Y Y     Y               Y Y   "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "John Henry" and "Buffalo Gals" in support of Woody Guthrie
Dan Zanes
4
           Y       Y Y   Y     "King Kong Kitchie" (for Froggie)
Dave Bing
2
         Y       Y             "Gospel Plow" (for "Eyes On the Prize") with Dwight Diller
Dave Morehouse
2
         Y   Y                  
David Grisman
2
         Y         Y           "Shenandoah Lullabye" with Jerry Garcia
Doc Watson
3
 Y       Y               Y      
Don Reno & Red Smiley
2
   Y     Y                      
Doug Jernigan
2
         Y         Y            
Duane Eddy
2
         Y         Y           instrumentals
Dwight Diller
2
         Y       Y             "Gospel Plow" (for "Eyes on the Prize") with Dave Bing
Earl Johnson
2
         Y                 Y   "John Henry Blues" (for "John Henry"); "Alabama Girl, Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight?" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Earthlings Washboard Band
3
 Y                       Y Y    
Ed McCurdy
3
   Y     Y               Y      
Eddie Arnold
2
   Y               Y           "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah")
Ella Jenkins
2
                 Y       Y     "Keep Your Hands on the Plow" (for "Eyes On the Prize"); "A Mouse Went A-Courting" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Eric Weissberg
3
   Y     Y                 Y   instrumentals; "John Henry" and "Buffalo Gals" with Marshall Brickman
Ernie Lieberman
2
                 Y Y           "Hold On" (for "Eyes On the Prize")
Fiddlin' John Carson
3
 Y Y     Y                     "John Henry Blues" (for "John Henry")
Fields Ward
3
 Y Y     Y                     "Old Dan Tucker" with Wade Ward; "Jesse James" with The Bogtrotters String Band; "John Henry" with Wade Ward and The Bogtrotters String Band
Fisk Jubilee Singers
2
       Y     Y                 "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder")
Flatt & Scruggs
2
         Y                 Y   instrumentals; "Round Town Gals" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Folksinger
2
                   Y       Y    
Frances Archer and Beverly Gile
2
                   Y     Y      
Garrison Keillor
3
         Y   Y         Y       "Climbing Jacob's Ladder" and "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder"); "I Will Be Allright / I Will Overcome / We Shall Overcome" (for "We Shall Overcome")
Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
3
                   Y   Y Y      
Glenn Yarbrough
2
         Y Y                 Y "John Henry" with The Limeliters; "How Can I Keep From Singing" with Holly Yarbrough
Golden Gate Quartet
4
 Y     Y Y   Y                 "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder")
Grandpa Jones
2
   Y     Y                      
Great American String Band
5
   Y     Y         Y     Y Y   "Jesse James" and "Mr. Froggie Went A Courtin'" with The Jones Brothers; "John Henry" with Benny Martin;" "Shenandoah" with Maggie Griffin
Guy Carawan
2
                       Y   Y    
H.A.R.P.
2
       Y     Y                  
Happy Traum
2
         Y                 Y    
Harry Belafonte
2
         Y         Y            
Harvey Reid
4
   Y     Y                 Y Y  
Hit Crew
4
 Y       Y         Y     Y      
Hot Rize
2
 Y       Y                      
Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University
2
                 Y     Y       "Hold On" (for "Eyes On the Prize")
Hylo Brown
3
         Y   Y           Y      
J. Paul Miles with Wade Miles and Vernon Miles
2
         Y                 Y   field recordings
Jane Siberry
2
             Y     Y            
Jerry Reed
2
         Y         Y            
Jim Gibson
2
             Y     Y           instrumentals
Jim Hendricks
2
   Y               Y           instrumentals
Jim Taylor & Friends
2
 Y                         Y    
Jimmy Stewart
2
                   Y       Y   "The Legend of Shenandoah" with The Charles "Bud" Dant Orchestra; "Buffalo Gals" with Donna Reed
Jo Stafford
2
         Y         Y            
Joan Baez
2
                 Y     Y       "Keep Your Eyes On the Prize (Hold On)" with Bob Dylan in support of Len Chandler
Joe Craven
2
 Y       Y                      
Joe Glazer
3
         Y   Y         Y       "We Shall Overcome" with The Elm City Four
John "Spider John" Koerner
2
                   Y     Y      
John Benson Brooks
2
                   Y   Y        
John Hartford
2
         Y                 Y   "Portsmouth Airs" (for "Buffalo Gals")
John Jacob Niles
2
         Y               Y      
John Langstaff
2
 Y                       Y     3 different version of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (includes "The Frog and The Mouse," and "The Frog in the Well")
John McCutcheon
2
         Y               Y     2 different versions of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (includes "Here's to Cheshire")
Johnny Horton
2
 Y       Y                      
Jolly Rogers
2
     Y               Y         a capella; "Mrs. McGraw" (for Mrs. Mcgrath"); "Pay Me" (for "Pay Me My Money Down")
Joseph Aiken
2
   Y     Y                     field recordings
Judy Caplan Ginsburgh and David Marler
2
           Y       Y            
Just Cause
2
         Y             Y       instrumentals
Kevin Maynor
3
         Y   Y         Y        
Kids for Kids Chorus
2
             Y           Y      
Kilby Snow
2
         Y                 Y   "Round Town Girls" (for Buffalo Gals")
Kim Harris
2
                 Y     Y        
King's Singers
2
                   Y     Y      
Kyle Creed
2
         Y                 Y   "John Henry" with Fred Cockerham
Larry Groce
3
 Y                       Y Y    
Laurel Aitken
2
       Y               Y        
Laurie Berkner
2
           Y             Y      
Leadbelly
2
       Y Y                      
Leon Bibb
2
         Y         Y            
Leroy Canaday
2
 Y                         Y    
Lesley Schatz
3
   Y               Y     Y      
Lonnie Donegan
2
   Y     Y                      
Lorie Line
2
                   Y         Y instrumentals
Luther Bryant
3
   Y     Y                 Y   field recordings
Mahalia Jackson
2
                 Y     Y        
Mike & Peggy Seeger
2
         Y               Y      
Morgan Sexton
2
         Y               Y      
Mountain Ramblers
2
   Y     Y                      
Odetta
3
         Y         Y     Y      
Old Crow Medicine Show
2
         Y       Y             "John Henry" with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings; "Gospel Plow" (for "Eyes on the Prize")
Ollie Gilbert
3
 Y       Y               Y     field recordings; "Uncle Rat" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Oscar Brand
4
 Y                 Y     Y Y   "The Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah")
Paul & Margie
2
   Y     Y                      
Paul Austin Kelly
4
           Y       Y     Y Y    
Paul Clayton
2
         Y         Y            
Paul Robeson
3
         Y   Y     Y            
Paul Winter
2
         Y             Y       instrumentals
Pennsylvania State Faire
2
     Y               Y         "Mrs. McGraw" (for "Mrs. McGrath")
Pete Seeger 14 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y   Y Y Y Y includes 3 different versions of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (including "Here's to Cheshire")
Peter Calo
2
   Y               Y           instrumentals
Peter, Paul & Mary
2
                       Y     Y  
Phil Rosenthal
2
                         Y Y    
Raggedy Ann & Andy
2
           Y       Y            
Ramsey Lewis Trio
2
         Y         Y           instrumentals
Richard Dyer-Bennet
2
         Y               Y     includes 2 different versions of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (also "The Frog and the Mouse")
Robin Williamson
2
 Y                       Y     "Froggie Would A-Wooing Go" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Roger McGuinn
3
       Y Y         Y            
RoseWynde
2
                   Y         Y instrumentals
Roy Acuff and His Smokey Mountain Boys
2
 Y                         Y    
Rufus Quesenberry with Glenn Smith, Lynn Horton, and Peter Hoover
2
         Y                 Y   field recordings
Sam Hinton
2
 Y                       Y     includes 2 different versions of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'"
Sara Jo Fendley
2
 Y Y                           field recordings
Seamus Ennis
2
     Y                   Y     "Uncle Frog Went Out to Ride" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Sis Cunningham
2
   Y           Y                
Smokey Mountain Barnburners
2
         Y                 Y   instrumentals
Sonny Terry
2
         Y               Y     "John Henry" both solo and in support of Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and others; "Frog Went A-Courtin'" in support of Woody Guthrie
Steve Brannen
2
 Y                 Y           instrumentals
Stones River Ranch Boys
2
 Y       Y                     instrumentals
Stuart Elius Carrico
2
         Y                 Y   "Alabama Gals" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Susan Hamlin
2
                   Y         Y  
Taj Mahal
2
       Y Y                     "John Henry" in support of Etta Baker
Tex Ritter
2
                   Y     Y      
The Alshire Singers
2
 Y                 Y            
The Bogtrotters String Band
3
 Y Y     Y                     in support of Fields Ward and/or Wade Ward
The Buffalo Gals
2
                   Y       Y    
The Clancy Brothers
3
   Y Y                   Y     "Mrs. McGrath" with Tommy Makem; various combinations of Clancy brothers and/or Clancy children with and without Tommy Makem for "Frog in the Well" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
The Clumsy Lovers
2
   Y     Y                     "Jesus Christ" (for "Jessie James")
The Countdown Kids
2
                         Y Y    
The Country Gentlemen
2
   Y                       Y    
The Dady Brothers
2
           Y               Y   "The Erie Canal Song (Low Bridge, Everybody Down)" (for "Erie Canal")
The Dale Warland Singers
2
                   Y       Y    
The Easy Riders
2
         Y         Y           "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah")
The Kingston Trio
4
   Y   Y           Y Y         "Don't You Weep, Mary" (for "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep"); "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah")
The Limeliters
2
       Y Y                      
The Little Grasscals
2
         Y       Y              
The Montgomery Gospel Trio, The Nashville Quartet, and Guy Carawan
2
                 Y     Y       "Hold On" (for "Eyes On the Prize")
The New Lost City Ramblers
2
 Y       Y                     "Johnny Get Your Gun" (floating lyrics from "Old Dan Tucker")
The New Christy Minstrels
2
         Y         Y           "John Henry and the Steam Drill" (for "John Henry")
The Norman Luboff Choir
2
                   Y     Y     "Kemo Kimo" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
The Osborne Brothers
2
   Y     Y                     instrumentals
The Robert DeCormier Chorale
4
 Y     Y     Y         Y       "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder"), in support of Charlton Heston
The Skillet Lickers
2
 Y       Y                      
The Sons of the Pioneers
4
   Y       Y Y             Y   "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder")
The Weavers
3
     Y             Y Y         "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah")
Tom Glazer
2
                         Y Y   "Buffalo Gals" with Pete Seeger
Tommy Makem
2
     Y                   Y     "Frog in the Well" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'") with Liam Clancy
Tony Mottola
2
                         Y Y   "Kemo Kimo" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Tony Trischka
2
 Y                       Y     instrumentals; "Kemo Kimo" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
Treblemakers
2
           Y             Y      
Twin Sisters
2
           Y               Y    
Uncle Dave Macon
3
 Y Y     Y                     "Life and Death of Jesse James" (for "Jesse James"); "Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)" (for "John Henry")
Van Morrison
3
   Y     Y         Y           "The Ballad of Jesse James" (for "Jesse James"); "Shenandoah" with The Chieftans
Veggie Tales
3
             Y     Y       Y    
Wade Ward
3
 Y Y     Y                     with Fields Ward and/or The Bogtrotters String Band
Wayne Erbsen
2
         Y                 Y    
Willard Clower with Ivan Weddle
2
         Y                 Y   field recordings; "Round Town Girls" (for "Buffalo Gals")
Woody Guthrie
5
 Y Y     Y               Y Y   "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "John Henry" with Cisco Houson; "Frog Went A-Courtin'" with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry
Yannick Huet/Christian Bon
2
   Y                       Y