Peggy Seeger

Peggy Seeger (New York City, New York, June 17, 1935 -) is an American folk singer who also achieved renown in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years as the wife of songwriter Ewan MacColl.

Peggy Seeger (New York City, New York, June 17, 1935 -) is an American folk singer who also achieved renown in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years as the wife of songwriter Ewan MacColl.

Seeger's father was Charles Seeger (1886-1979), an important folklorist and musicologist; her mother was Seeger's second wife, Ruth Porter Crawford (1901-1953), a modernist composer who was one of the first women to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. One of her half-siblings is the equally famous Pete Seeger. One of Peggy Seeger's first recordings was "American Folk Songs for Children" (1955), considered one of her most enduring and probably the best-selling collection of children's songs ever recorded.