Peter, Paul and Mary
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Peter, Paul and Mary were an American
folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow
, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers
. After the passing of Mary Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.
, Pete Seeger
, and the Weavers
. In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
created Peter, Paul and Mary in 1961, after auditioning several singers in the New York folk scene. After rehearsing them out of town in Boston and Miami, Grossman booked them into The Bitter End
, a coffee house and popular folk music
venue in New York City
's Greenwich Village
. They recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included "Lemon Tree
", "500 Miles
", and the Pete Seeger
hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer
" (subtitled "(The Hammer Song)") and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed in the Billboard Magazine Top Ten for 10 months, including seven weeks in the #1 position. It remained a main catalog-seller for decades to come, eventually selling over two million copies, earning Double Platinum
certification from the RIAA in the United States alone.
In 1963 the group also released "Puff the Magic Dragon", with music by Yarrow and words based on a poem that had been written by a fellow student at Cornell
, Leonard Lipton. Despite urban myths that insist the song is filled with drug references, it is actually about the lost innocence of childhood. On January 14, 1964 they performed on the Jack Benny
television program, with the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' In the Wind
".
That year the group performed "If I Had a Hammer
" at the 1963 March on Washington
, best remembered for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
's "I Have a Dream
" speech. One of their biggest hit singles was the Bob Dylan
song "Blowin' in the Wind
". They also sang other Bob Dylan songs, such as: "The Times They Are a-Changin'
"; "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
," and "When the Ship Comes In
." Their success with Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" aided Dylan's "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
" album into the Top 30. (It had been released four months earlier.)
"Leaving On A Jet Plane
" became their only #1 hit (as well as their final Top 40 Pop hit) in December 1969, and was written by the group's friend John Denver
. It was the group's only million-selling Gold single. The track first appeared on their million-selling Platinum certified Album 1700
in 1967 (which also contained their #9 hit "I Dig Rock and Roll Music
"). "Day Is Done", a #21 hit in June 1969, was the last Hot 100 hit that the trio recorded.
” (#1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Stookey wrote "The Wedding Song (There is Love)
" for Yarrow's marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of senator Eugene McCarthy
, according to Stookey during an interview on the DVD "Carry It On," released in 2004 by Rhino Records.
to support George McGovern
's presidential campaign, and again in 1978, for a concert to protest against nuclear energy. This concert was followed by a summer reunion tour, which proved to be so popular that the group decided to reunite more or less permanently in 1981. They continued to record albums together and tour, playing around 45 shows a year, until the 2009 death of Mary Travers.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame
in 1999.
The trio were prolific political activists for their involvement in the peace movement and other causes. They were awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 1, 1990.
In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia, leading to the cancellation of the remaining tour dates for that year. She received a bone marrow transplant. She and the rest of the trio resumed their concert tour on December 9, 2005 with a holiday performance at Carnegie Hall
.
Peter, Paul and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 2006.
The trio sang in Mitchell, South Dakota, for the George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Leadership
dedication concert on October 5, 2006.
The trio canceled several dates of their summer 2007 tour, as Mary took longer than expected to recover from back surgery and later had to undergo a second surgery, further postponing the tour.
Travers was unable to perform on the trio's tour in summer 2009 because of her leukemia, but Peter and Paul performed the scheduled dates as a duo, calling the show "Peter & Paul Celebrate Mary and 5 Decades of Friendship."
The Peter, Paul and Mary trio came to an end on September 16, 2009, when Mary Travers died at age 72 of complications from chemotherapy, following treatment for leukemia. It was the same year (2009) they were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
In 2010, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, the surviving members of Peter, Paul and Mary, requested that the National Organization for Marriage
stop using their recording of "This Land is Your Land
" at their rallies, stating in a letter that the organization's philosophy was "directly contrary to the advocacy position" held by the group.
Puff, the Magic Dragon
was made into three animated specials, each featuring songs by Peter Yarrow. (The first features Yarrow himself as Jackie's father in voice and appearance alike.)
Christmas Dinner was made into an animated short by Will Vinton
in 1980, titled "A Christmas Gift". It was included in Will Vinton's Festival of Claymation.
In the New Christ Minstrel version of the song "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" (1963), Randy Sparks calls out the words: "Peter, Paul and Mary, Puccini Style", which was an Italian verse of the song in an operatic style.
In the Alan Sherman song "The Rebel" (1966), done live in Las Vegas, there is a line that he recites in regarding to the word "HECK!!", "I'll swear to Peter, Paul and Mary, I'll Use it".
United States
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folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...
, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers
Mary Travers
Mary Travers , American singer-songwriter; member of the folk, pop group, Peter, Paul and Mary.Mary Travers may also refer to:* Mary Rose-Anna Travers , Québécoise singer known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc...
. After the passing of Mary Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.
Influences
Mary Travers has said she was influenced by Woody GuthrieWoody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
, Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
, and the Weavers
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and selling millions of records at the height of their...
. In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
Early years (1961–69)
Manager Albert GrossmanAlbert Grossman
Albert Bernard Grossman was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene and rock and roll. He was most famous as the manager of Bob Dylan between 1962 and 1970.-Biography:...
created Peter, Paul and Mary in 1961, after auditioning several singers in the New York folk scene. After rehearsing them out of town in Boston and Miami, Grossman booked them into The Bitter End
The Bitter End
The Bitter End is a nightclub in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened its doors in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to The Other End during the 1970s...
, a coffee house and popular folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
venue in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
's Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
. They recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included "Lemon Tree
Lemon Tree (Will Holt song)
"Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal...
", "500 Miles
500 Miles
"500 Miles" is a folk song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return...
", and the Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer
If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
" (subtitled "(The Hammer Song)") and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed in the Billboard Magazine Top Ten for 10 months, including seven weeks in the #1 position. It remained a main catalog-seller for decades to come, eventually selling over two million copies, earning Double Platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
certification from the RIAA in the United States alone.
In 1963 the group also released "Puff the Magic Dragon", with music by Yarrow and words based on a poem that had been written by a fellow student at Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Leonard Lipton. Despite urban myths that insist the song is filled with drug references, it is actually about the lost innocence of childhood. On January 14, 1964 they performed on the Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film...
television program, with the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' In the Wind
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...
".
That year the group performed "If I Had a Hammer
If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
" at the 1963 March on Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the largest political rally for human rights in United States history and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr...
, best remembered for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...
's "I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream
"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination...
" speech. One of their biggest hit singles was the Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
song "Blowin' in the Wind
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...
". They also sang other Bob Dylan songs, such as: "The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
"The Times They Are a-Changin" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album, The Times They Are a-Changin. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stones 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....
"; "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.-Context:...
," and "When the Ship Comes In
When the Ship Comes In
"When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin, in 1964.Joan Baez states in the documentary film No Direction Home that the song was, more or less, inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his...
." Their success with Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" aided Dylan's "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, Freewheelin initiated the process of writing contemporary words to traditional melodies....
" album into the Top 30. (It had been released four months earlier.)
"Leaving On A Jet Plane
Leaving on a Jet Plane
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate to Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title....
" became their only #1 hit (as well as their final Top 40 Pop hit) in December 1969, and was written by the group's friend John Denver
John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...
. It was the group's only million-selling Gold single. The track first appeared on their million-selling Platinum certified Album 1700
Album 1700
Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1967 . It produced the band's most successful and final hit — "Leaving on a Jet Plane" . The album peaked at #15 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the...
in 1967 (which also contained their #9 hit "I Dig Rock and Roll Music
I Dig Rock and Roll Music
"I Dig Rock and Roll Music" is a song recorded in 1967 by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The writing credits are given as Stookey-Mason-Dixon. Stookey is the "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary. "Mason" is musician and producer Jim Mason. "Dixon" is Dave Dixon, who was later a popular air...
"). "Day Is Done", a #21 hit in June 1969, was the last Hot 100 hit that the trio recorded.
Breakup (1970–78)
The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers. Travers recorded five solo LPs and did concerts and lectures across the nation. She also produced, wrote, and starred in a BBC-TV series. Stookey formed a Christian music group called the Body Works Band. Yarrow co-wrote and produced Mary MacGregor’s “Torn Between Two LoversTorn Between Two Lovers
"Torn Between Two Lovers" is the title of a pop song written by Peter Yarrow and Phillip Jarrell. It was inspired by Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel, Dr. Zhivago, which featured a man in love with two women. Yarrow originally intended the song to be sung by a man...
” (#1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Stookey wrote "The Wedding Song (There is Love)
The Wedding Song (There is Love)
"The Wedding Song " is a song written by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary in the fall of 1969 and first performed at the wedding of Peter Yarrow to Mary Beth McCarthy at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar, Minnesota...
" for Yarrow's marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of senator Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy was the first...
, according to Stookey during an interview on the DVD "Carry It On," released in 2004 by Rhino Records.
Reunions (1978–2009)
In 1972, they reunited for a concert at Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
to support George McGovern
George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....
's presidential campaign, and again in 1978, for a concert to protest against nuclear energy. This concert was followed by a summer reunion tour, which proved to be so popular that the group decided to reunite more or less permanently in 1981. They continued to record albums together and tour, playing around 45 shows a year, until the 2009 death of Mary Travers.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame
Vocal Group Hall of Fame
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame was organized to honor outstanding vocal groups throughout the world. It is headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes a theater and a museum....
in 1999.
The trio were prolific political activists for their involvement in the peace movement and other causes. They were awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 1, 1990.
In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia, leading to the cancellation of the remaining tour dates for that year. She received a bone marrow transplant. She and the rest of the trio resumed their concert tour on December 9, 2005 with a holiday performance at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
.
Peter, Paul and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
in 2006.
The trio sang in Mitchell, South Dakota, for the George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Leadership
George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....
dedication concert on October 5, 2006.
The trio canceled several dates of their summer 2007 tour, as Mary took longer than expected to recover from back surgery and later had to undergo a second surgery, further postponing the tour.
Travers was unable to perform on the trio's tour in summer 2009 because of her leukemia, but Peter and Paul performed the scheduled dates as a duo, calling the show "Peter & Paul Celebrate Mary and 5 Decades of Friendship."
The Peter, Paul and Mary trio came to an end on September 16, 2009, when Mary Travers died at age 72 of complications from chemotherapy, following treatment for leukemia. It was the same year (2009) they were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
In 2010, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, the surviving members of Peter, Paul and Mary, requested that the National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
The National Organization for Marriage is a nonprofit political association established in 2007 to work against legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, specifically to pass California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in California...
stop using their recording of "This Land is Your Land
This Land Is Your Land
"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on...
" at their rallies, stating in a letter that the organization's philosophy was "directly contrary to the advocacy position" held by the group.
In popular culture
Peter Yarrow mentions in the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy that they always tried to put at least one song on each album for children. The group is shown on the documentary singing a concert for children.Puff, the Magic Dragon
Puff, the Magic Dragon
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity and has entered American and British pop culture.-Lyrics:...
was made into three animated specials, each featuring songs by Peter Yarrow. (The first features Yarrow himself as Jackie's father in voice and appearance alike.)
Christmas Dinner was made into an animated short by Will Vinton
Will Vinton
Will Vinton is an American director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.- Education :...
in 1980, titled "A Christmas Gift". It was included in Will Vinton's Festival of Claymation.
In the New Christ Minstrel version of the song "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" (1963), Randy Sparks calls out the words: "Peter, Paul and Mary, Puccini Style", which was an Italian verse of the song in an operatic style.
In the Alan Sherman song "The Rebel" (1966), done live in Las Vegas, there is a line that he recites in regarding to the word "HECK!!", "I'll swear to Peter, Paul and Mary, I'll Use it".
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
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| 1962 | "Lemon Tree Lemon Tree (Will Holt song) "Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal... " B-side: "Early In The Morning" |
35 | 12 | Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary (album) Peter, Paul and Mary is the first album by Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1962. It's one of the rare folk albums to reach US#1 - staying for over a month... |
| 1962 | "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) If I Had a Hammer "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early... " B-side: "Gone The Rainbow" (from Moving) |
10 | - | |
| 1963 | "Puff (The Magic Dragon) Puff, the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity and has entered American and British pop culture.-Lyrics:... " B-side: "Pretty Mary" (NOTE: Puff (The Magic Dragon) also charted on the Rhythm & Blues Charts, reaching #10 R&B.) |
2 | 1 | Moving Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary album) Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The lead-off single, "Big Boat," failed to chart substantially, only staying on the Top 100 for two weeks, reaching #93.... |
| 1963 | "Big Boat" B-side: "Tiny Sparrow Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies "Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" is an American folk music ballad, originating from the Appalachian region. It has been recorded under either of its two title variations by numerous artists, including The Carter Family, Joan Baez, Odetta, Peter, Paul and Mary, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly Parton... " |
93 | - | |
| 1963 | "Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)" B-side: "500 Miles" (from Peter, Paul and Mary) |
56 | 14 | |
| 1963 | "Blowin' in the Wind Blowin' in the Wind "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom... " B-side: "Flora" (from Moving) |
2 | 1 | In the Wind In the Wind In the Wind is the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1963 . It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. In the Wind was so successful that when it hit #1 on the Billboard album charts, it caused their two previous albums to re-enter the Top 10 as well... |
| 1963 | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Don't Think Twice, It's All Right "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.-Context:... " B-side: "Autumn To May" (from Peter, Paul and Mary) |
9 | 2 | |
| 1963 | "Stewball" B-side: "The Cruel War" (from Peter, Paul and Mary) |
35 | 17 | |
| 1963 | "A Soalin'" B-side: "Hush-A-Bye" (from In The Wind) |
- | - | Moving Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary album) Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The lead-off single, "Big Boat," failed to chart substantially, only staying on the Top 100 for two weeks, reaching #93.... |
| 1964 | "Tell it on the Mountain" B-side: "Old Coat" (from Moving) |
33 | 7 | In the Wind In the Wind In the Wind is the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1963 . It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. In the Wind was so successful that when it hit #1 on the Billboard album charts, it caused their two previous albums to re-enter the Top 10 as well... |
| 1964 | "Oh Rock My Soul (Part 1)" B-side: "Oh Rock My Soul (Part 2) |
93 | - | Non-album single |
| 1965 | "For Lovin' Me" B-side: "Monday Morning" |
30 | 5 | A Song Will Rise A Song Will Rise A Song Will Rise is the fourth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965 .- Track listing :# "When the Ship Comes In" # "Jimmy Whalen"# "Come and Go With Me"... |
| 1965 | "When The Ship Comes In" B-side: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (non-album track) |
91 | 23 | |
| 1965 | "Early Mornin' Rain Early Morning Rain "Early Morning Rain" is a song composed and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The song appears on his debut album Lightfoot! and in a re-recorded version on the 1975 compilation Gord's Gold... " B-side: "The Rising Of The Moon" |
91 | 13 | See What Tomorrow Brings See What Tomorrow Brings See What Tomorrow Brings is the fifth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965 .- Track listing :# "If I Were Free" - 2:43... |
| 1966 | "Cruel War" B-side: "Mon Vrai Destin" |
52 | 4 | The Peter, Paul and Mary Album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album is the sixth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1966 .... |
| 1966 | "Hurry Sundown" B-side: "Sometime Lovin'" |
123 | 37 | |
| 1966 | "The Other Side Of This Life" B-side: "Sometime Lovin'" |
100 | 33 | |
| 1966 | "For Baby (For Bobbie)" B-side: "Hurry Sundown" |
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| 1967 | "I Dig Rock and Roll Music I Dig Rock and Roll Music "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" is a song recorded in 1967 by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The writing credits are given as Stookey-Mason-Dixon. Stookey is the "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary. "Mason" is musician and producer Jim Mason. "Dixon" is Dave Dixon, who was later a popular air... " B-side: "The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)" |
9 | - | Album 1700 Album 1700 Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1967 . It produced the band's most successful and final hit — "Leaving on a Jet Plane" . The album peaked at #15 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the... |
| 1967 | "Too Much of Nothing Too Much of Nothing Too Much of Nothing is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1967, first released by him on the album The Basement Tapes .Dylan – vocal, guitar; Robbie Robertson – electric guitar; Garth Hudson – organ; Richard Manuel – piano, backing vocal; Rick Danko – bass, backing vocal... " B-side: "The House Song" (from Album 1700) |
35 | - | Late Again Late Again Late Again was the ninth studio album by folk-pop trio, Peter, Paul and Mary and reached #14 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.The same week that this album was released, group members, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow were part of an anti-war demonstration in Grant Park during the late August... |
| 1968 | "Love City (Postcard from Duluth)" B-side: "Yesterday's Tomorrow" |
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| 1969 | "Day is Done" (studio version) B-side: "Make Believe Town (from Peter, Paul and Mommy)" |
21 | 7 | Peter, Paul and Mommy Peter, Paul and Mommy Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It has hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon" among others... |
| 1969 | "Leaving on a Jet Plane Leaving on a Jet Plane "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate to Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title.... " B-side: "The House Song" |
1 | 1 | Album 1700 Album 1700 Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1967 . It produced the band's most successful and final hit — "Leaving on a Jet Plane" . The album peaked at #15 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the... |
| 1969 | "The Marvelous Toy" B-side: "Christmas Dinner" |
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Albums
- 1962: Peter, Paul and MaryPeter, Paul and Mary (album)Peter, Paul and Mary is the first album by Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1962. It's one of the rare folk albums to reach US#1 - staying for over a month...
- 1963: MovingMoving (Peter, Paul and Mary album)Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The lead-off single, "Big Boat," failed to chart substantially, only staying on the Top 100 for two weeks, reaching #93....
- 1963: In the WindIn the WindIn the Wind is the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1963 . It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. In the Wind was so successful that when it hit #1 on the Billboard album charts, it caused their two previous albums to re-enter the Top 10 as well...
- 1965: A Song Will RiseA Song Will RiseA Song Will Rise is the fourth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965 .- Track listing :# "When the Ship Comes In" # "Jimmy Whalen"# "Come and Go With Me"...
- 1965: See What Tomorrow BringsSee What Tomorrow BringsSee What Tomorrow Brings is the fifth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965 .- Track listing :# "If I Were Free" - 2:43...
- 1966: The Peter, Paul and Mary AlbumThe Peter, Paul and Mary AlbumThe Peter, Paul and Mary Album is the sixth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1966 ....
- 1967: Album 1700Album 1700Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1967 . It produced the band's most successful and final hit — "Leaving on a Jet Plane" . The album peaked at #15 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the...
- 1968: Late AgainLate AgainLate Again was the ninth studio album by folk-pop trio, Peter, Paul and Mary and reached #14 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.The same week that this album was released, group members, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow were part of an anti-war demonstration in Grant Park during the late August...
- 1969: Peter, Paul and MommyPeter, Paul and MommyPeter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It has hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon" among others...
- 1978: Reunion
- 1983: Such Is Love
- 1986: No Easy Walk To Freedom
- 1990: Flowers & Stones
- 1995: Once Upon The Time
- 1995: LifeLines
- 2000: Don't Laugh at Me
- 2004: In These Times
- 2008: The Solo Recordings (1971–1972)
- 2010: "The Prague Sessions"
Compilations
- 1970: The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years TogetherThe Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years TogetherThe Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary: Ten Years Together is a 1970 greatest hits release by American folk singers Peter, Paul, and Mary. It is the last album released before the group split up in 1970....
- 1998: Around the Campfire
- 1998: The Collection
- 1999: Songs of Conscience and ConcernSongs of Conscience and ConcernSongs of Conscience and Concern: A Retrospective Collection is a 1999 compilation album by folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. It was the group's second compilation, following 1970's Ten Years Together: The Best of Peter, Paul & Mary. Drawn primarily from the trio's '80s and '90s material, it's a...
- 2004: Carry It On [4-CD, 1-DVD boxed set]
- 2005: The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary
- 2005: Platinum Collection
- 2006: Weave Me the Sunshine
Live albums
- 1964: In ConcertIn Concert (Peter, Paul and Mary album)In Concert is a live album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1964 . It was digitally re-mixed and re-mastered and released on CD in 1989.- Track listing :...
- 1983: Such Is Love
- 1988: A Holiday Celebration
- 1993: Peter, Paul and Mommy, Too
- 1996: LifeLines Live
See also
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
Videography
- 1986: Peter, Paul & Mary 25th Anniversary Concert
- 1988: Peter, Paul & Mary Holiday Concert
- 1993: Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too
- 1996: Peter, Paul & Mary: Lifelines Live
- 2004: Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy