Peter, Paul and Mary - wikipedia Peter, Paul and Mary This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2008 ) Peter, Paul and Mary In 1968 ( Peter in center ) Background information Origin New York City, New York, U.S. Genres Folk pop Years active 1961 ( 1961 ) -- 1970 ( 1970 ) 1978 ( 1978 ) -- 2009 ( 2009 ) Labels Warner Bros. Website peterpaulandmary.com Past members Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Noel Paul Stookey and alto Mary Travers. The group 's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, as well as covers written by other folk musicians. After the death of Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names. Contents 1 Influences 2 History 2.1 Early years ( 1961 -- 1969 ) 2.2 Breakup ( 1970 -- 1978 ) 2.3 Reunions ( 1978 -- 2009 ) 3 Discography 3.1 Singles 3.2 Albums 3.3 Extended play 3.4 Compilations 3.5 Live albums 4 See also 5 Videography 6 References 7 External links Influences Mary Travers said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie, 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. History Early years ( 1961 -- 1969 ) Peter, Paul and Mary at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Manager Albert Grossman created Peter, Paul and Mary in 1961, after auditioning several singers in the New York folk scene, including Dave Van Ronk, who was rejected as too idiosyncratic and uncommercial, and Carolyn Hester. After rehearsing Yarrow, Stookey and Travers out of town in Boston and Miami, Grossman booked them into The Bitter End, a coffee house, nightclub and popular folk music venue in New York City 's Greenwich Village. They recorded their debut 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 No. 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. On December 7, 1962, the group appeared, uncredited, on the 77 Sunset Strip episode `` Shadow on My Shoulder, '' performing the medieval winter song `` Soul Cakes. '' 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. That year the group performed `` If I Had a Hammer '' and `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' at the 1963 March on Washington, best remembered for the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 's `` I Have a Dream '' speech. The Bob Dylan song `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' was one of their biggest hit singles. They also sang other Dylan songs, such as `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ; `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right, '' and `` When the Ship Comes In. '' Their success with Dylan 's `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' helped Dylan 's The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan album rise into the top 30 ; it had been released four months earlier. On January 14, 1964, they performed `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' on the Jack Benny television program. `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' became their only No. 1 single ( 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 sixth million - selling gold single. The track first appeared on their million - selling platinum certified Album 1700, in 1967 ( which also contained their No. 9 hit `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' ). Following Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy 's strong showing in the 1968 New Hampshire Primary, the group recorded `` Eugene McCarthy For President ( If You Love Your Country ) '' endorsing McCarthy, which was released without a record label. `` Day Is Done '', a No. 21 hit in June 1969 from the trio 's Grammy award - winning Peter, Paul and Mommy album, was the last hot - 100 hit that the trio recorded. Breakup ( 1970 -- 1978 ) The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers and after Peter Yarrow 's arrest and conviction for making sexual advances toward a 14 - year - old girl. Years later, Yarrow received a presidential pardon from Jimmy Carter. Travers recorded five solo LPs and did concerts and lectures across the United States. 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 ( No. 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 Eugene McCarthy, according to Stookey during an interview on the DVD Carry It On, released in 2004 by Rhino Records. Reunions ( 1978 -- 2009 ) Peter, Paul and Mary in 2006 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 1978 summer reunion tour. Included was a September 3 evening performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver, Colorado. The summer tour proved 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, at the George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Leadership dedication concert on October 5, 2006. The trio cancelled 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 leukemia, but Peter and Paul performed the scheduled dates as a duo, calling the show `` Peter & Paul Celebrate Mary and 5 Decades of Friendship. '' On September 16, 2009, Mary Travers died at the age of 72, of complications from chemotherapy, following treatment for leukemia. It was the same year Peter, Paul and Mary were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. In 2010, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey 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. Discography Singles Year Titles ( A-side, B - side ) Both sides from same album except where indicated Chart positions Album US US AC US R&B UK AUS 1962 `` Lemon Tree '' B - side : `` Early in the Morning '' 35 12 - - - Peter, Paul and Mary `` If I Had a Hammer ( The Hammer Song ) '' B - side : `` Gone the Rainbow '' ( from Moving ) 10 - - - 26 1963 `` Puff ( The Magic Dragon ) '' B - side : `` Pretty Mary '' 10 - 6 Moving `` Big Boat '' B - side : `` Tiny Sparrow '' 93 - - - - `` Settle Down ( Goin ' Down That Highway ) '' B - side : `` 500 Miles '' ( from Peter, Paul and Mary ) 56 14 - - - `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' B - side : `` Flora '' ( from Moving ) - 13 11 In the Wind `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' B - side : `` Autumn to May '' ( from Peter, Paul and Mary ) 9 - - 56 `` Stewball '' B - side : `` Cruel War '' ( from Peter, Paul and Mary ) 35 17 - - 89 `` A Soalin ' '' B - side : `` Hush - A-Bye '' ( from In The Wind ) - - - - 61 Moving 1964 `` Tell it on the Mountain '' B - side : `` Old Coat '' ( from Moving ) 33 7 - 33 8 In the Wind `` Oh Rock My Soul ( Part 1 ) '' B - side : `` Oh Rock My Soul ( Part 2 ) '' 93 - - - 16 Non-album single `` The Times They Are A-Changin ' '' B - side : `` Blue '' - - - 44 - UK single 1965 `` For Lovin ' Me '' B - side : `` Monday Morning '' 30 5 - - 36 A Song Will Rise `` When the Ship Comes In '' B - side : `` The Times They Are A-Changin ' '' ( non-album track ) 91 23 - - 17 `` San Francisco Bay Blues '' B - side : `` Come and Go With Me '' - - - - 43 `` Early Mornin ' Rain '' B - side : `` The Rising of the Moon '' 91 13 - - 34 See What Tomorrow Brings 1966 `` Cruel War '' ( from Peter, Paul and Mary ) B - side : `` Mon Vrai Destin '' 52 - - - The Peter, Paul and Mary Album `` Hurry Sundown '' B - side : `` Sometime Lovin ' '' 123 37 - - - `` The Other Side of This Life '' B - side : `` Sometime Lovin ' '' 100 33 - - - `` For Baby ( For Bobbie ) '' B - side : `` Hurry Sundown '' - - - - - 1967 `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' B - side : `` The Great Mandala ( The Wheel of Life ) '' 9 - - - Album 1700 `` Too Much of Nothing '' B - side : `` The House Song '' ( from Album 1700 ) 35 - - - 81 Late Again 1968 `` Love City ( Postcard from Duluth ) '' B - side : `` Yesterday 's Tomorrow '' 113 - - - - 1969 `` Day is Done '' B - side : `` Make Believe Town '' 21 7 - - - Peter, Paul and Mommy `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' B - side : `` The House Song '' - 30 Album 1700 `` The Marvelous Toy '' B - side : `` Christmas Dinner '' - - - - - Peter, Paul and Mommy `` -- '' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory A ^ Charted as a double A-side in Australia Albums Year Album details Peak chart positions US UK 1962 Peter, Paul and Mary Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 1 18 1963 Moving Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 2 - In the Wind Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 1 11 1964 In Concert Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 4 20 1965 A Song Will Rise Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 8 - See What Tomorrow Brings Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 11 - 1966 The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 22 - 1967 Album 1700 Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 15 - 1968 Late Again Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 14 - 1969 Peter, Paul and Mommy Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 12 - 1978 Reunion Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 106 - Such is Love Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - 1986 No Easy Walk To Freedom Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 173 - Flowers & Stones Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - 1995 Once Upon the Time Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - LifeLines Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - 2000 Do n't Laugh at Me Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - In These Times Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : - - 2008 The Solo Recordings ( 1971 -- 1972 ) Released : Label : Format : - - Extended play Year Album details Peak chart positions US UK 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary Released : Label : Warner Bros. Format : 3 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 1983 : Such Is Love 1988 : A Holiday Celebration 1993 : Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too 1996 : LifeLines Live 2010 : The Prague Sessions 2012 : Peter Paul and Mary Live in Japan, 1967 ( two - disc expansion of an album previously released only in Japan ) 2014 : Discovered : Live In Concert ( collection of live songs from the 1980s onward that were never recorded in a studio ) 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 Jump up ^ `` Peter, Paul & Mary 's Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey - Interviews - Tavis Smiley - PBS ''. Tavis Smiley - PBS. Jump up ^ William Ruhlmann ( April 12, 1996 ). `` Beginnings ''. Peter, Paul and Mary A song to sing all over this land. Goldmine. Retrieved 2009 - 12 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Just A Minute With : Peter Yarrow ''. Reuters. ^ Jump up to : Peter Yarrow interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ `` Mary Travers '', The Times ( obituary ), September 18, 2009 Jump up ^ Peter, Paul and Mary `` Eugene McCarthy For President ( If You Love Your Country ) '' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7pR0yTGOiA Jump up ^ Trex, Ethan, 11 notable presidential pardons, CNN website, 5 January 2009. Jump up ^ `` Hall of Fame Foundation ''. ^ Jump up to : `` tour schedule ''. Jump up ^ The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Recipients List Archived February 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Times, The New York. `` Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies ''. Jump up ^ `` Thank Peter, Paul & Mary for their support of marriage equality ! ''. Courage Campaign. Retrieved 9 October 2011. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 8th ed. Minneapolis : Watson - Guptill Publications, Incorporated, 2004. p488 Jump up ^ Peter, Paul and Mary. `` Peter, Paul and Mary - Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 21. Jump up ^ Betts, Graham ( 2004 ). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952 - 2004 ( 1st ed. ). London : Collins. p. 593. ISBN 0 - 00 - 717931 - 6. ^ Jump up to : `` PETER, PAUL & MARY ''. officialcharts.com. External links Official home page Peter, Paul and Mary - Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page. Peter, Paul and Mary on IMDb Peter Yarrow Interview NAMM Oral History Library ( 2017 ) Peter, Paul and Mary Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers Studio albums Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy No Easy Walk To Freedom In These Times Compilation albums The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary : Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern Live albums In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too Singles `` Lemon Tree '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' `` Puff, the Magic Dragon '' `` 500 Miles '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Stewball '' `` Tell It on the Mountain '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` When the Ship Comes In '' `` San Francisco Bay Blues '' `` Early Morning Rain '' `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' `` Too Much of Nothing '' `` Day Is Done '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Other songs `` Where Have All the Flowers Gone ? '' `` And When I Die '' `` El Salvador '' `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` This Land Is Your Land '' VIAF : 121287770 LCCN : nr89010408 ISNI : 0000 0001 2104 1715 GND : 5538275 - 7 SUDOC : 08230209X BNF : cb13905726z ( data ) MusicBrainz : 3d621c94 - 2356 - 4532 - ad52 - 79e0ef73e20c Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter,_Paul_and_Mary&oldid=806901890 '' Categories : Musical groups established in 1961 Musical groups disestablished in 1970 Musical groups reestablished in 1978 Musical groups disestablished in 2009 American folk musical groups Grammy Award winners Musical trios Warner Bros. 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Question: who wrote the songs for peter paul and mary
Answer: Yarrow and Stookey