- Songwriter ("Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "I Never Will Marry"), composer, author and singer, educated at Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts degree) and Columbia University. He served in the US Coast Guard during World War II, and co-founded the Weavers folk-singing group, for which he also sang and accompanied on guitar. He also arranged for folk singers, including the Kingston Trio, Harry Belafonte, and Theodore Bikel, and was the music director for "The Moon Besieged". Joining ASCAP in 1960, his other popular-song compositions included "I'm Just a Country Boy", "Delia", "Darlin' Cora", "The Biggest Ride (Since Paul Revere)", "Long About Now", "Come Away Melinda", "Cherries and Plums", "The Honey Wind Blows", and "Healing River".
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpouseSusan Lardner(August 8, 1970 - September 1, 2016) (his death, 2 children)
- Connecticut, USA
- The Weavers were formed in the late 1940s by Hellerman along with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Ronnie Gilbert. They helped to popularize folk music in the United States with recordings including "Goodnight Irene" and "On Top of Old Smoky." The group disbanded after they were black-listed by anti-Communists in the early 1950s, but performed again into the 1960s and then at a reunion concert at Carnegie Hall in 1980. Hellerman also produced Arlo Guthire's 1967 record, "Alice's Restaurant," and worked with several artists over his career as a composer, arranger and songwriter.
- His wife was the daughter of John Lardner, and granddaughter of Ring Lardner.
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