United States Congress - House Committee on Un-American Activities (August 17–18, 1955). Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area— Part VII (Entertainment). Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-Fourth Congress, First Session, August 17 and 18, 1955. Vol. pt. 7. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. pp. Testimony of Peter Seeger, pp. 2447–2459.
The phrase "America's tuning fork" is usually attributed to poet Carl Sandburg, for example, see Corey Sandler, Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsessions (New York: Kensington Books, 2007), p. 203. It is unclear when and where Sandburg, who thought highly of the Weavers, said this. Studs Terkel, who introduced Seeger as "America's tuning fork" at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival (see George Wein, Nate Chinen, Myself Among Others: A Life in Music [Da Capo Press, 2009], p. 314), later wrote that he had seen the phrase in DownBeat jazz magazine (see Terkel, Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Times [New York: The New Press], p. 249). The phrase was picked up in a photo spread on Seeger in Life magazine, October 9, 1964, p. 61. See also Ronald D. Cohen, Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940–70 [University of Massachusetts Press, 1970], p. 223.
Briley, Ronald (2006). ""Woody Sez": Woody Guthrie, the "People's Daily World," and Indigenous Radicalism". California History. 84 (1): 34. doi:10.2307/25161857. ISSN0162-2897. JSTOR25161857.
flickr.com
"Pete Seeger's banjo". Flickr. March 18, 2006. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
Briley, Ronald (2006). ""Woody Sez": Woody Guthrie, the "People's Daily World," and Indigenous Radicalism". California History. 84 (1): 34. doi:10.2307/25161857. ISSN0162-2897. JSTOR25161857.
Friedrich's review concluded: "The three records sell for one dollar and you are asked to 'play them in your home, play them in your union hall, take them back to your people.' Probably some of these songs fall under the criminal provisions of the Selective Service Act, and to that extent it is a matter for the Attorney-General. But you never can handle situations of this kind democratically by mere suppression. Unless civic groups and individuals will make a determined effort to counteract such appeals by equally effective methods, democratic morale will decline." Upon United States entry into the war in 1942, Friedrich became chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council for Democracy, charged with combatting isolationism, and had his article on the AlmanacsArchived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine reprinted as one of several pamphlets which he sent to radio network executives.
"Seeger, Pete, Cpl". army.togetherweserved.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
top100singles.net
"Every AMR Top 100 Single in 1964". Top 100 Singles. February 9, 2013. "Little Boxes" was Seeger's only solo tune to make the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching #70.
Friedrich's review concluded: "The three records sell for one dollar and you are asked to 'play them in your home, play them in your union hall, take them back to your people.' Probably some of these songs fall under the criminal provisions of the Selective Service Act, and to that extent it is a matter for the Attorney-General. But you never can handle situations of this kind democratically by mere suppression. Unless civic groups and individuals will make a determined effort to counteract such appeals by equally effective methods, democratic morale will decline." Upon United States entry into the war in 1942, Friedrich became chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council for Democracy, charged with combatting isolationism, and had his article on the AlmanacsArchived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine reprinted as one of several pamphlets which he sent to radio network executives.
Briley, Ronald (2006). ""Woody Sez": Woody Guthrie, the "People's Daily World," and Indigenous Radicalism". California History. 84 (1): 34. doi:10.2307/25161857. ISSN0162-2897. JSTOR25161857.
Dickens, Hazel (2008). Working girl blues : the life and music of Hazel Dickens. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN978-0-252-09097-4. OCLC809471478.
