Given the question: What type of details about the kingston trio can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: the kingston trio is an american folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s . the group started as a san francisco bay area nightclub act with an original lineup of dave guard , bob shane , and nick reynolds . it rose to international popularity , fueled by unprecedented sales of 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record albums -lrb- lps -rrb- , and helped to alter the direction of popular music in the u.s. . the kingston trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era 's pop-folk boom that started in 1958 with the release of their first album and its hit recording of '' tom dooley '' , which sold over three million copies as a single . the trio released nineteen albums that made '' billboard 's '' top 100 , fourteen of which ranked in the top 10 , and five of which hit the number 1 spot . four of the group 's lps charted among the 10 top-selling albums for five weeks in november and december 1959 , a record unmatched for more than 50 years , and the group still ranks after half a century in the all-time lists of many of '' billboard 's '' cumulative charts , including those for most weeks with a number 1 album , most total weeks charting an album , most number 1 albums , most consecutive number 1 albums , and most top ten albums . in 1961 , the trio was described as '' the most envied , the most imitated , and the most successful singing group , folk or otherwise , in all show business '' and '' the undisputed kings of the folksinging rage by every yardstick . '' music historian richie unterberger characterized their impact as '' phenomenal popularity '' , and the kingston trio 's massive record sales in its early days made acoustic folk music commercially viable , paving the way for singer-songwriter , folk rock , and americana artists who followed in their wake .
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