The Weavers were an American
folk music quartet based in the
Greenwich Village area of
New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as
blues,
gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American
ballads, and sold millions of records at the height of their popularity. Their hard-driving string-band style inspired the commercial "
folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s, including such performing groups as
The Kingston Trio,
Peter, Paul, and Mary,
The Rooftop Singers, and
Bob Dylan.