About this title: Despite having scored a series of major hits in the early '50s, starting with "Goodnight Irene," which topped the charts for 13 weeks, the Weavers were hounded out of existence in 1953 as part of the anti-Communist witch hunts. Although Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose scurrilous activities gave the McCarthy Era its name, had been condemned by the Senate in December 1954, the Red Scare was still far from over in 1955 -- indeed, Weavers group members Pete Seeger and Lee Hays were both subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in August of that year. (Seeger ...
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