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Peter, Paul and Mary
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s) Folk
Years active 1961–1970
1978–present
Label(s) Warner Bros. Records
Website http://www.peterpaulandmary.com
Members
Peter Yarrow
Noel "Paul" Stookey
Mary Travers

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History

The group was created and managed by Albert Grossman, who sought to create a folk "supergroup" by bringing together "a tall blonde (Travers), a funny guy (Stookey) and a good looking guy (Yarrow)". Albert Bernard Grossman ( May 21, 1926 - January 25, 1986) was an entrepreneur and manager in the American Folk music scene He launched the group in 1961, booking them into the The Bitter End, a coffee house and popular folk venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. The Bitter End is a nightclub in New York City 's Greenwich Village. The City of New York Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan They recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included "500 Miles", "Lemon Tree" and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" (subtitled "(The Hammer Song)") and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". 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 Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American " If I Had a Hammer ( The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. For the 2008 documentary see Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (film " Where Have All the Flowers Gone? " is a folk The album was listed on the Billboard Magazine Top Ten list for ten months and in the Top One Hundred for over three years. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry

The group made its television debut in either 1961 or 1962 on a talk show hosted by Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson, who was starting a new interviewing career in New York after having been well-known on Canadian television. Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Davidson has recalled the trio's performance on the show, whose title, "P. M. East - P. M. West," alluded to segments originating in New York and San Francisco. (Peter, Paul and Mary recorded their segment in New York. ) It was produced by Westinghouse Broadcasting and syndicated to a handful of cities, including Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston and Baltimore, with the aid of 2 inch Quadruplex videotape that had been invented by Ampex a few years earlier. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the Broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. 2 inch Quadruplex (also called 2″ Quad, or just quad, for short was the first practical and commercially successful Videotape format Ampex ( is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M Efforts to locate any sound or pictures of the trio on P. M. East - P. M. West have not been successful even though Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand, who also made their television debuts on the series, have located audio of themselves. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress (In 1991, Streisand had to get permission from Wallace to include their 30-year-old conversation on her latest CD. ) Davidson has recalled that the trio chatted amiably on the air with her and Wallace.

By 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary had recorded three albums. All three were in the Top 10 the week of President Kennedy's assassination. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of That year the group also released "Puff the Magic Dragon", which Yarrow and fellow Cornell student Leonard Lipton had written in 1959, and 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. "Puff the Magic Dragon" is also the nickname of the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship an American military plane used during the Vietnam War " If I Had a Hammer ( The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington D Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader " I Have A Dream " is the popular name given to the historic public speech by Martin Luther King Jr One of their biggest hit singles was the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind," which was not only an international #1 hit and the fastest selling single ever cut by Warner Bros. Records, but the first commercial success for Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major " Blowin' in the Wind " is a Song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. They also sang other Bob Dylan songs, such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'"; "Don't Think Twice, it's Alright"; and "When the Ship Comes In". The Times They Are a-Changin is Bob Dylan 's third album released in 1964 by Columbia Records. For many years after, the group was at the forefront of the civil rights movement and other causes promoting social justice. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African "Leaving On A Jet Plane," which in December 1969 became their only #1 (as well as their final Top 40) hit, was written by John Denver (who already had some success with The Chad Mitchell Trio) and first appeared on their Album 1700 in 1967. " Leaving on a Jet Plane " is a song written by John Denver in 1967 during a layover at an Airport in Washington and recorded by the Mitchell Trio John Denver (December 31 1943 &ndash October 12 1997 born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr Album 1700, the 1967 release from Peter Paul & Mary, produced the band's greatest and final hit — "Leaving On A Jet Plane" (a John Denver "Day Is Done," a #21 hit in June 1969, was the last Hot 100 hit the trio recorded.

The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers, but found little of the success they had experienced as a group, although Stookey's "The Wedding Song (There is Love)" (written for Yarrow's marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of senator Eugene McCarthy) was a hit and has become a wedding standard since its 1971 release. "The Wedding Song (There Is Love" is a Popular song, written and recorded in 1971 by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary and first Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy ( March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American Politician, Poet, and a

In 1978, they reunited for a concert to protest nuclear energy, and have recorded albums together and toured since. Nuclear Energy is released by the splitting (fission or merging together (fusion of the nuclei of Atom (s They currently play around 45 shows a year. [1]

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. The Vocal Group Hall of Fame was organized to honor what they term "the Greatest Vocal Groups in the World"

(from left) Mary Travers, Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow onstage at New York's Westbury Music Fair on August 5, 2006.
(from left) Mary Travers, Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow onstage at New York's Westbury Music Fair on August 5, 2006. Mary Allin Travers (born 9 November 1936, Louisville, Kentucky) is a member of the folk group Peter Paul and Mary Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938 in New York City, New York) is an American Singer who found fame with the 1960s

The trio became political activists for their commitment to peace in Central America and for supporting musically and personally the peace and social justice movement in America. They were awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 1st, 1990. [2]

Recent tours

In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia, leading to the cancellation of the remaining tour dates for that year. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood She received a bone marrow transplant and is recovering. She and the rest of the trio resumed their concert tour on December 9, 2005 with a holiday performance at Carnegie Hall. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east

Peter, Paul and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.

The trio sang in Mitchell, South Dakota, for the George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Leadership dedication concert on October 5, 2006. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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. [3] They will make up at least one of the dates, at the Northfork Theatre (formerly Westbury Music Fair) in June 2008.

Discography

See also

Videography

Song sample

References

  1. ^ tour schedule
  2. ^ http://www.peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html
  3. ^ tour schedule

External links

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