Group

The Pennywhistlers

The Pennywhistlers were an American singing group founded by folklorist and singer Ethel Raim and popular during the 1960s folk music revival. They specialized in Eastern European choral music, sung primarily a cappella. Folk singer Theodore Bikel, in his autobiography Theo, called them "the closest to the real thing in authenticity in the United States." They toured throughout the 1960s, appearin…

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Artist details

Type
Group
Area
United States
Founded
1962
Dissolved
1968
Genres
Labels
Nonesuch
Last updated: July 12th, 2020

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