While Timothee Chalamet performed the songs of Bob Dylan in the movie 'A Complete Unknown', so to did Edward Norton as Pete Seeger: 'Dusty Old Dust, 'This Land is Your Land' and 'Wimoweh' all featured him.
You maybe surprised at how many of Pete Seeger's songs you grew up with. 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone', 'We Shall Overcome', his hit version of Malvina Reynolds 'Little Boxes' and of course 'Turn, Turn, Turn' (lyrics from the Book of Ecclesiastes) and 'Bells of Rhymney' (words by Welsh Poet Idris Davies) both set to music by Seeger and covered by the Byrds.
Another famous song he wrote with Lee Hays and covered by many artists was the 1949 composition 'The Hammer Song', released in 1950 by their group The Weavers. Peter, Paul & Mary had a big hit in 1962 and so to did Trini Lopez a year later with the song titled 'If I Had a Hammer'.
Video is from a 60s TV show in grainy black & white >
Trini Lopez and 'If I Had a Hammer' was one of my mum's favourite records and she had the 45 single, which I now have.