Question: In what year was the American folksinger who recorded the song "Wee Cooper O'Fife" born?

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Bill Crofut: William Crofut III (December 14, 1935 – January 25, 1999) was an American folksinger.  During his career he recorded more than 20 albums and CDs in genres ranging from folk, children’s songs, jazz, to classical.  He also gave concerts in more than fifty countries, and appeared at the White House and Carnegie Hall.  His musical influences included Pete Seeger, clarinetist Tony Scott, and pianist Peter Lang.  Crofut also experimented with different performance styles and instrumentations, such as performing classical music on the banjo.

Peggy Seeger: Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folksinger.  She is also well known in Britain, where she has lived for more than 30 years, and was married to the singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989.

Hymns for the Exiled: Hymns for the Exiled is the second album by American folksinger Anais Mitchell, released in 2004 on Waterbug Records.  It was recorded at The Bristmill in Bristol, Vermont and produced by Michael Chorney.

The Brightness: The Brightness is the third album by American folksinger Anais Mitchell, released February 13, 2007 on Righteous Babe Records.  It was recorded at The Bristmill in Bristol, Vermont and produced by Michael Chorney.  In December 2012, the song 'Of a Friday Night' was played as the Weather on episode 12 of Welcome to Night Vale, "The Candidate", but was mislabeled as 'The Brightness'.

Chris Iijima: Chris Kando Iijima (1948–2005) was an Asian American folksinger, educator and legal scholar.  He, Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto, and Charlie Chin, were the members of the group "Yellow Pearl"; their 1973 album, "A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America", (originally recorded on Paredon Records now Smithsonian Folkways was an important part of the development of Asian American identity in the early 1970s.  AsianWeek columnist Phil Tajitsu Nash stated that when hearing the album or Yellow Pearl perform live, "From Boston to Chicago to San Francisco to Honolulu, Asian-derived people who had been classified in the Census as "Other" suddenly realized that they had an identity, a history, and a place at the table."  Iijima sang a song from the album on the Mike Douglas Show, co-hosted with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on February 15, 1972.  Iijima was also a founder of Asian Americans for Action, one of the first Asian American-focused civil rights organizations of the 1960s.  Iijima later became a law professor and wrote about discrimination against Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and members of other racial groups.

Hedy West: Hedy West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter.

Paul Clayton (folksinger): Paul Clayton (born Paul Clayton Worthington; March 3, 1931 – March 30, 1967) was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.

Wee Cooper O'Fife: "Wee Cooper O'Fife" is a Scottish folk song about a cooper who beats his wife because she will not cook, clean, and sew.  It was recorded by Burl Ives on 11 February 1941 for his debut album "Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger".  It has also been recorded by Hedy West, Ed McCurdy, and Ian Campbell.

Michael Johnathon: Michael Johnathon (born January 22, 1963) is an American folksinger, singer-songwriter, producer, author, and playwright.  He has written several books, released nine albums, and tours nationwide.  While the great majority of his recordings are his own compositions; he has recorded many traditional and cover songs.

Jerry Silverman: Jerry Silverman is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books.  He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle.  He has taught guitar to hundreds of students.  He has presented concerts and lectures at schools, universities and concert halls in the U.S. and abroad.

Supporting paragraphs: Wee Cooper O'Fife Hedy West
Answer: 1938