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Thread #124449 Message #2748406
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Oct-09 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'
Subject: RE: Folklore: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'
Allmusic has over 300 citations for this song, nearly all of them listing Pete Seeger. The few other listings all seem to be arrangers. No 'Coplet' listed. However, this website gives information on Max Coplet and Marlene Dietrich. It says Dietrich was the first performer in 1962. The Kingston Trio is also mentioned. Later on, it says Seeger wrote it with three verses in 1960 and recorded it as part of a medley in 1960 on a "Rainbow Quest" album.
Max Coplet wrote the German version for Dietrich (six verses).