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Goodnight, Irene 🤫
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January 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
In The Rock January 2, 1962: Folk group The Weavers are cut from an appearance on The Jack Parr Show after refusing to sign an oath proclaiming that they had never been members of the Communist party. #TheWeavers #FolkHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
#Interestingly Country singer & ace guitarist Billy Grammer doesn’t get talked about much today, but in 1958 he cut “Gotta Travel On,” the old folk song that had been reshaped in the ‘50s by writers like Paul Clayton and members of The Weavers. #BillyGrammer #TheWeavers #OneHitWondered
Gotta Travel On (1957)
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December 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Goodnight, Irene 🌃
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November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Gotta Travel On" is an American #folksong. The earliest known version was printed in #CarlSandburg's #TheAmericanSongbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to #PaulClayton, #TheWeavers.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The Weavers were an influential folk-singing group that was blacklisted in the early 1950s during a period of widespread anti-communist hysteria. The original members were Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. vintageadguy.com/opencart/ind... #theweavers
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," (#Roud 11681) is a 20th-century American #folkStandard, written in 34 time, first recorded by American #blues musician #HuddieLeadBellyLedbetter in 1933. A version recorded by #TheWeavers was a #1 hit in 1950.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
August 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Goodnight, Irene 😘
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July 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Happy heavenly birthday to Pete Seeger
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May 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM