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Biography
Refimprove|date=February 2008Infobox musical artist | image = Peter, Paul and Mary 2006.jpg| caption = Peter, Paul and Mary at New York's Westbury Music Fair|NYCB Theater at Westbury in 2006. Left to right: Travers, Stookey and Yarrow.| image_size = 250| name = Peter, Paul and Mary| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = New York City, United States| genre = Folk music|Folk , folk-rock | years_active = 1961& ndash;1970, 1978& ndash;2009| label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. | associated_acts = Peter & Noel Paul| website = URL|peterpaulandmary.com| current_members = Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers | past_members = Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk song|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 death of Mary Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/peter-paul-mary-peter-yarrow-noel-paul-stookey/ Tavis Smiley interviews Peter, Paul & Mary Peter Yarrow; Noel Paul Stookey Oct 29, 2009
Influences
Mary Travers has said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie , Pete Seeger , and the Weavers .cite web |url= http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/history/f-ruhlmann1.htm |title=Beginnings |author=William Ruhlmann |date=April 12, 1996 |work=PETER, PAUL AND MARY A SONG TO SING ALL OVER THIS LAND |publisher=Goldmine |accessdate=2009-12-13 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.
History
Early years (1961–69)
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 University|Cornell , Leonard Lipton . Despite urban myths that insist the song is filled with drug references, it is actually about the lost innocence of childhood. http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSSYD1071420080306 Interview with Peter Yarrow 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 for Jobs and Freedom|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' (song)|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.) The Times Obituary of Mary Travers September 18, 2009
" 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. -
Breakup (1970–78)
Expand section|date=September 2009The 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 Lovers ” (#1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on “Puff the Magic Dragon.”cite web|title=Hall of Fame Foundation|url= http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/peter_paul_mary.html
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.
Reunions (1978–2009)
In 1972, they reunited for a concert at Madison Square Garden 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. http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/tour/f-tour.htm tour schedule
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. http://www.peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Recipients List
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 McGovern|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 mid-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. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/mary-travers-of-peter-paul-and-mary-dies/ Mary Travers Of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies New York Times September 16, 2009 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.cite web |url= http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/thankyouppm |title= Thank Peter, Paul & Mary for their support of marriage equality& #33; |publisher= Courage Campaign |accessdate=09 October 2011
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 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 Christy Minstrels 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".
"Early in the Morning" was used in the series Mad Men , at the end of the episode "A Night to Remember".
In Britney Spear 's pop song 3 , the lyrics of the second chorus line is "Peter, Paul and Mary. "
Discography
Singles
Year
Title
class=artist
Album
US Hot 100
US AC
1962
" Lemon Tree (Will Holt song)
35
12
Peter, Paul and Mary (album)
1962
" If I Had a Hammer
10
-
1963
" Puff, the Magic Dragon(NOTE: Puff (The Magic Dragon) also charted on the Rhythm & Blues Charts, reaching #10 R& B.)
2
1
Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary Album)
1963
"Big Boat" B-side: " Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
93
-
1963
"Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)" B-side: "500 Miles" (from Peter, Paul and Mary )
56
14
1963
" Blowin' in the Wind " B-side: "Flora" (from Moving )
2
1
In the Wind
1963
" Don't Think Twice, It's All Right " B-side: "Autumn To May" (from Peter, Paul and Mary )
9
2
1963
" Skewball#Recordings
35
17
1963
"A Soalin'" B-side: "Hush-A-Bye" (from In The Wind )
-
-
Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary Album)
1964
"Tell it on the Mountain" B-side: "Old Coat" (from Moving )
33
7
In the Wind
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
1965
"When The Ship Comes In" B-side: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (non-album track)
91
23
1965
" Early Morning Rain
91
13
See What Tomorrow Brings
1966
"Cruel War" B-side: "Mon Vrai Destin"
52
4
The Peter, Paul and Mary Album
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"
-
-
1967
" I Dig Rock and Roll Music " B-side: "The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)"
9
-
Album 1700
1967
" Too Much of Nothing " B-side: "The House Song" (from Album 1700 )
35
-
Late Again
1968
"Love City (Postcard from Duluth)" B-side: "Yesterday's Tomorrow"
113
-
1969
"Day is Done" (studio version) B-side: "Make Believe Town (from Peter, Paul and Mommy )"
21
7
Peter, Paul and Mommy
1969
" Leaving on a Jet Plane " B-side: "The House Song"
1
1
Album 1700
1969
"The Marvelous Toy" B-side: "Christmas Dinner"
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-
Peter, Paul and Mommy
Albums
1962: Peter, Paul and Mary (album)|Peter, Paul and Mary
1963: Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary Album)|Moving
1963: In the Wind
1965: A Song Will Rise
1965: See What Tomorrow Brings
1966: The Peter, Paul and Mary Album
1967: Album 1700
1968: Late Again
1969: Peter, Paul and Mommy
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 (Peter, Paul, and Mary Album)|In These Times
2008: The Solo Recordings (1971–1972)
2010: "The Prague Sessions"
Compilations
1970: The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together
1998: Around the Campfire
1998: The Collection
1999: Songs of Conscience and Concern
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 Concert (Peter, Paul and Mary album)|In Concert
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
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/ Official home page
http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/peter_paul_mary.html Peter, Paul and Mary - Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page.
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