Where Have All the Flowers Gone

~ Recording by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Where Have All the Flowers Gone2:52Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsChangin’ TimesLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 9596
8.2Where Have All the Flowers Gone?3:01Flatt & ScruggsCountry SuperstarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestGCUN 8A
4.18Where Have All the Flowers Gone?:??Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsEasy Listening CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1982
Reader’s DigestCELC-A-116
3.19Where Have All the Flowers Gone3:01Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs1964-1969, PlusLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-10-17
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15879
1.16Where Have All the Flowers Gone?3:04Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsTown and Country / Changin' TimesLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
Collectables (US reissue label)6477
1.4Where Have All the Flowers Gone3:01Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsChangin’ TimesLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum
  • XW2014-08-22
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
Bootleg
1.8Where Have All the Flowers Gone2:58Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain BoysThe Chronogical Classics: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1967–1968Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Warped Records (US country reissue)WARPED 6784

Relationships

producer:Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
banjo:Earl Scruggs (on 1967-10-18)
double bass and tenor vocals:Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1967-10-18)
guitar and lead vocals:Lester Flatt (on 1967-10-18)
guitar [lead guitar]:Randy Scruggs (on 1967-10-18)
resonator guitar:Josh Graves (on 1967-10-18)
baritone vocals:Gary Scruggs (on 1967-10-18)
bass vocals:Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1967-10-18)
recorded at:Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-10-18)
recording of:Where Have All the Flowers Gone (cover)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (on 1967-10-18)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone

additional lyricist:Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:Sanga Music, Inc.
The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) (in 1961)
later parody versions:Where Have All the Pillows Gone
later translated versions:Gdzie są kwiaty z tamtych lat? (Polish version)
Où vont les fleurs (Marlene Dietrich version)
Que sont devenues les fleurs (Dalida version)
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
Waar zijn al de bloemen toch
Где цветы?
איפה הפרחים
לאן כל הפרחים הלכו
is the basis for:Soldier’s Round