Peter, Paul and Mary

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Peter, Paul and Mary 2006, from left to right: Mary, "Paul" and Peter

Peter, Paul and Mary were one of the most successful American folk groups of the 1960s. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow (* 1938), Noel "Paul" Stookey (* 1937) and Mary Travers (1936-2009).

Band history

The group was started by the impresario Albert Grossman . He wanted to create a folk supergroup by bringing together "a tall blonde" (Travers), "a weird guy" (Stookey) and a "good looking guy" (Yarrow). The group first performed in 1961 at Bitter End, a coffee shop in New York's Greenwich Village that was a popular place to hear folk artists. The following year the group recorded their first album Peter, Paul and Mary . The album was featured in the top ten for ten months and in the top 100 list for over three years on Billboard Magazine .

By 1963 they had produced three LPs and released their hugely successful song Puff, the Magic Dragon , written by Yarrow in 1958. Another hit was their version of If I Had a Hammer (by Lee Hays / Pete Seeger ), which they also sang during the March on Washington for Work and Freedom , where Martin Luther King gave his famous speech I Have a Dream .

After their appearance there, the group was one of the best-known representatives of the civil rights movement in the following years and was also involved in other social issues. Her greatest success was Bob Dylan's song Blowin 'in the Wind , which also conquered the international hit lists - no Warner Bros. Records single has ever sold so quickly. Other titles by Bob Dylan, author of many protest songs of the 1968 movement , were also part of their repertoire, for example The Times They Are A-Changin ' and When the Ship Comes In . Her later number one hit, Leaving on a Jet Plane , was written by the then unknown John Denver .

The group members later attempted solo careers, but none have come close to the success they had together. However, Stookey's The Wedding Song (There Is Love) , which he wrote in 1971 for Yarrow's wedding ceremony to Marybeth McCarthy, a niece of Senator Eugene McCarthy , became a standard song for weddings. Since 1978, when the group got back together for a benefit concert on the occasion of a protest against nuclear power , the trio has performed together again and released several new albums. In 1999 the group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame . Mary Travers contracted leukemia in 2004 and died on September 16, 2009.

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Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1962 Peter, Paul and Mary US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(117 weeks)US
1963 Moving US4th
gold
gold

(69 weeks)US
In the wind US1
gold
gold

(80 weeks)US
1964 In concert US4th
gold
gold

(43 weeks)US
1965 A Song Will Rise US8th
gold
gold

(38 weeks)US
See What Tomorrow Brings US11
gold
gold

(39 weeks)US
1966 The Peter, Paul and Mary Album US22 (53 weeks)
US
1967 Album 1700 US15th
platinum
platinum

(82 weeks)US
1968 Late again US14 (22 weeks)
US
1969 Peter, Paul & Mommy US12
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
1970 Ten Years Together US15th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(40 weeks)US
1978 Reunion US106 (7 weeks)
US
1986 No Easy Walk To Freedom US173 (5 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1967: In Japan
  • 1983: Such Is Love
  • 1988: A Holiday Celebration
  • 1990: Flowers and Stones
  • 1993: Peter Paul & Mommy Too
  • 1995: PP M & (LifeLines)
  • 1996: Lifelines Live
  • 1998: Around the Campfire
  • 1998: The Collection - Reader's Digest Special Release
  • 1999: Songs of Conscience and Concern
  • 2004: In These Times
  • 2004: Carry It On

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1962 Lemon Tree
Peter, Paul and Mary 		- - US35 (8 weeks)
US
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
Peter, Paul and Mary 		- - US10 (12 weeks)
US
Big Boat
Moving 		- - US93 (2 weeks)
US
1963 Settle Down (Goin 'Down That Highway)
Moving 		- - US56 (6 weeks)
US
Puff (The Magic Dragon)
Moving 		- - US2 (14 weeks)
US
Blowing In The Wind
In the Wind 		DE32 (1 week)
DE 		UK13 (16 weeks)
UK 		US2 (15 weeks)
US
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
In the Wind 		- - US9 (10 weeks)
US
Stewball
In the Wind 		- - US35 (7 weeks)
US
1964 Tell It On The Mountain
 - UK33 (4 weeks)
UK 		US33 (7 weeks)
US
Oh, Rock My Soul (Part I)
In Concert 		- - US93 (3 weeks)
US
The Times They Are A-Changin '
 - UK44 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1965 For Lovin 'Me
A Song Will Rise 		- - US30 (7 weeks)
US
When The Ship Comes In
A Song Will Rise 		- - US91 (3 weeks)
US
Early Morning Rain
See What Tomorrow Brings 		- - US91 (3 weeks)
US
1966 The Cruel War
The Peter, Paul and Mary Album 		- - US52 (5 weeks)
US
The Other Side Of This Life
The Peter, Paul and Mary Album 		- - US100 (1 week)
US
1967 I Dig Rock and Roll Music
Album 1700 		- - US9 (11 weeks)
US
Too Much of Nothing
Late Again 		- - US35 (7 weeks)
US
1969 Day is Done
Peter, Paul and Mommy 		- - US21 (10 weeks)
US
Leavin 'on a Jet Plane
Album 1700 		- UK2 (16 weeks)
UK 		US1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US

literature

  • Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940–1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 430-432.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2007-04-06-voa44/342524.html
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  3. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US