"Which American folk singer / songwriter, wrote the classic songs, ""Where have all the flowers gone"", and ""Turn, Turn, Turn""?"
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Where Have All the Flowers Gone? "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a modern folk-style song. The melody and the first three verses were written by Pete Seeger in 1955 and published in "Sing Out!" magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who turned it into a circular song. Its rhetorical "where?" and meditation on death place the song in the "ubi sunt" tradition. In 2010, the "New Statesman" listed it as one of the "Top 20 Political Songs". The 1964 release of the song as a Columbia Records Hall of Fame series 45 single,
Turn! Turn! Turn! 1965. In 1963, Marlene Dietrich recorded "Für alles kommt die Zeit (Glaub', Glaub)," Max Colpet's German translation of the song. Dietrich was backed by Burt Bacharach conducting a studio orchestra, and the song was released as monaural single. Australian folk singer Gary Shearston also recorded a version of the song for his 1964 album "Songs of Our Time", with the title "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)". "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was adapted by the Byrds using a folk rock arrangement. Columbia Records released it as a single on October 1, 1965, with the Gene Clark original composition