Erik Darling
Sign in to saveAmerican musician (1933-2008)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Ill-Informed Patient
- Chords for guitar
- The hip pocket chord book
- The Noot Book
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal — Himself2004
via TMDB
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- Listeners
- 4,464
- Total plays
- 18,108
Tags
folkguitaroldiesUSAtraditional songs
Darling was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Inspired by the folk music group The Weavers, in the '50s, he formed The Tunetellers, which evolved into The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin. Their version of the "Banana Boat Song" reached #4 on the Billboard charts. In April 1958 Darling replaced Pete Seeger in The Weavers, although he continued working club dates with The Tarriers until November 1959. Darling also recorded three solo albums. His second solo effort, True Religion for Vanguard in 1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Chapel Hill
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Record label
- Vanguard Records
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- date of birth
- 1933-09-25
- date of death
- 2008-08-03
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