On Top of Old Smoky

Published: Oct. 17, 2016, 10 a.m.

Pete Seeger recorded his arrangement of “On Top of Old Smoky” with The Weavers in 1951, but the tune had been traveling the Appalachians and Ozarks for over a century. You’re on the Sound Beat. The Weavers recorded the song for Decca Records and it reached #2 on Billboard that year. It’s classic Seeger, his […]