Seeger toured Australia in the fall of 1963. He helped spark a folk boom throughout the country at a time when popular music tastes competed between folk, the surfing craze, and the British rock invasion that gave the world The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, among others. Seeger's single "Little Boxes", written by Malvina Reynolds, peaked at #24 on the Australian record charts in February 1964. "Little Boxes" was Seeger's only solo tune to make the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching #70. Folk clubs sprang up all over the nation; folk performers were accepted in established venues; Australian performers singing Australian folk songs—many of their own composing—emerged in concerts and festivals, on television, and on recordings; and folk-music performers from overseas were encouraged to tour Australia.
Seeger toured Australia in the fall of 1963 He helped spark a folk boom throughout the country at a time when popular music tastes competed between folk, the surfing craze and the British rock invasion that gave the world The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, among others. Seeger's single "Little Boxes", written by Malvina Reynolds, peaked at #24 on the Australian record charts in February 1964. "Little Boxes" was Seeger's only solo tune to make the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching #70. Folk clubs sprang up all over the nation; folk performers were accepted in established venues; Australian performers singing Australian folk songs—many of their own composing—emerged in concerts and festivals, on television, and on recordings; and folk-music performers from overseas were encouraged to tour Australia.