Frederick Emerson Small (November 6, 1952), known publicly as Fred Small, is an American singer-songwriter. He is also a lawyer and a Unitarian Universalist minister. His songs often make a political or ethical statement. Among his best-known songs are "Heart of the Appaloosa", "Everything Possible", and "Cranes Over Hiroshima".

In 1980 Fred Small embarked on his song writing/performer/recording artist career. His songs are in the folk tradition for peace, healing and empowerment. They address a variety of issues from race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, anti-Semitism, materialism, poverty to preserving the environment. Fred also designed and led workshops on song writing and use of singing in social change movements. He produced six albums, and published two songbooks, and his songs have been published in the Friends Hymnal and the UUA Race to Justice and Welcoming Congregation curricula. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.