1. Margaret "Peggy" Seeger was born on June 17,1935 and is an American folk singer and songwriter.
23 Facts About Peggy Seeger
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Peggy Seeger has lived in Britain for more than 60 years and was married to the singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989.
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Peggy Seeger visited Communist China and as a result had her US passport withdrawn.
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In 1957, the US State Department had opposed Peggy Seeger's attending the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, and was vigorously critical about her having gone to China during that trip, against official "advice".
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Peggy Seeger went to London after being offered a job by Alan Lomax to perform as a singer and banjoist with a folk group called The Ramblers.
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Peggy Seeger fell in love and started an affair with MacColl.
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Peggy Seeger moved back to the US and worked on a radio show in Los Angeles in 1957, while she was there, MacColl wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for her.
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MacColl and Peggy Seeger were married 18 years later, following his divorce from Newlove.
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Peggy Seeger became stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl, MacColl's daughter from his previous relationship.
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Peggy Seeger was a leader in the introduction of the concertina to the English folk music revival.
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The documentary film A Kind of Exile was a profile of Peggy Seeger and featured Ewan MacColl.
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Together with MacColl, Peggy Seeger founded The Critics Group, a "master class" for young singers performing traditional songs or to compose new songs using traditional song structures.
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Whilst MacColl wrote many songs about work and against war and prejudice, Peggy Seeger sang about women's issues, with many of her songs becoming anthems of the women's movement.
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Peggy Seeger visited the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, where protests against US cruise missiles were concentrated.
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Peggy Seeger ran a record label, Blackthorne Records, from 1976 to 1988.
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Peggy Seeger returned to the United States in 1994 to live in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Peggy Seeger has published a collection of 150 of her songs from before 1999.
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Peggy Seeger's introduction gave a detailed account of her life with MacColl.
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Peggy Seeger expressed some difference of political perspective between her and Ewan.
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In 2006, Peggy Seeger relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, to accept a part-time teaching position at Northeastern University.
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Peggy Seeger identifies as bisexual and contributed an essay to Getting Bi: Voices of bisexuals around the world.
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Peggy Seeger performed "Tell My Sister" on a live tribute album to the late Canadian folk artist Kate McGarrigle entitled Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle.
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Since early 2022, Peggy Seeger has been doing her "First Farewell" tour of Britain and Ireland.