Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Summary

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? is a musical work/composition^[1]. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,700 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s composer is recorded as Pete Seeger^[4].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s genre is protest song^[5].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Pete Seeger^[6].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was The Kingston Trio^[7].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was Peter, Paul and Mary^[8].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Marlene Dietrich^[9].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was The Searchers^[10].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Bobby Darin^[11].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was Roy Orbison^[12].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Eddy Arnold^[13].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was Vera Lynn^[14].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by The Brothers Four^[15].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was The Four Seasons^[16].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was Johnny Rivers^[17].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Harry Belafonte^[18].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Grady Martin^[19].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Olivia Newton-John^[20].
• Among the performers on Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was Dolly Parton^[21].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was performed by Chris de Burgh^[22].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s language of work or name is recorded as English^[23].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was published on January 1, 1955^[24].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s lyricist is recorded as Pete Seeger^[25].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s lyricist is recorded as Joe Hickerson^[26].
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'}^[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[28]

• MusicBrainz ID: 61f3a294-98b6-4365-ba88-176bbc571281^[29]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Pete Seeger^[6], The Kingston Trio^[7], Peter, Paul and Mary^[8], Marlene Dietrich^[9], The Searchers^[10], and Bobby Darin^[11].

Publication

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? was released on January 1, 1955^[24]. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'s language of work or name is recorded as English^[23]. Its genre is protest song^[5].

Why It Matters

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,700 views/month).^[2] Where Have All the Flowers Gone? has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Where Have All the Flowers Gone? is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]