Lee Hays
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American folk singer and songwriter (1914-1981)
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It sits within the topics 1914 births, 1981 deaths and 20th-century American male singers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Il était une fois en Amérique
- Tattoo
- "Sing out, warning! sing out, love!"
- Black Christmas
- Harry O
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Film & TV
Known for
- The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time — Self1982
- Alice's Restaurant — Himself1969
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 316
- Total plays
- 5,713
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Lee Hays (born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on 14 March 1914; died 26 August 1981) was an American folk-singer and songwriter best known for singing bass with pioneering folk band The Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in society. He wrote or co-wrote songs such as "Wasn't That a Time?", "If I Had a Hammer", and "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" that became Weavers' staples. He also familiarized audiences with songs of the 1930s labor movement,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Little Rock
- Place of death
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Lee Hays.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1914-03-14
- date of death
- 1981-08-26
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- member of
- Almanac Singers
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- disease
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