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Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
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Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
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Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
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Stephan Said
Stephan Said
American musician
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Almanac Singers
Almanac Singers
band
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Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger
American singer
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Guy Carawan
Guy Carawan
American musician and musicologist
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Alastair Moock
Alastair Moock
American singer-songwriter
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Ani Di Franco
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
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The Weavers
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
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Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
American folk singer
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Holly Near
Holly Near
American actress, singer and activist
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Lee Hays
Lee Hays
American folk singer and songwriter
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Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
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Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
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Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton
American folk singer and singer-songwriter
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Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)
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Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert
actress, musician (1926-2015)
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Richard Barone
Richard Barone
American rock musician
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Frank Hamilton
Frank Hamilton
American musician
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Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
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Emma's Revolution
Emma's Revolution
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Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Dave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick
English folk musician and singer-songwriter
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Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen
American singer-songwriter
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Sis Cunningham
Sis Cunningham
American musician
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Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan
British musician
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Don McLean
Don McLean
American singer-songwriter
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Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow
American singer and songwriter
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Len Chandler
Len Chandler
Folk musician from Akron, Ohio
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Canadian musician
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The Mammals
The Mammals
band
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Bai Konte
Bai Konte
Gambian musician
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Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter
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Julius Lester
Julius Lester
American author and folk musician
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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
American music duo
Charlie King
American singer-songwriter

Charlie King

Intro
American singer-songwriter
Awards Received
War Resisters League Peace Award
Music

Charlie King is a folk singer and activist. He was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1947 and cites the folk music revival of the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War era as his as musical influences. His songs have been recorded and sung by other performers such as Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, John McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, Peggy Seeger, Chad Mitchell and Judy Small. Honors include an "Indie" award for one of the top three folk recordings of 1984. In May 1998 the War Resisters League gave their Peacemaker Award to Charlie and to Odetta. Pete Seeger nominated Charlie for the Sacco-Vanzetti Social Justice Award, which he received in November 1999. Charlie King has released a dozen solo albums since 1976. He has also released three albums with the touring ensemble Bright Morning Star, and numerous compilation albums with other artists.

Folk legend Peggy Seeger said, "If we had more Charlie Kings in the world I'd be less worried," to which Tom Paxton added, "Luckily, we have him!"

King regularly performs at Camp Kinderland in Tolland, Massachusetts.