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It was Peter, Paul and Mary's biggest (and final) hit, becoming their only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It was the penultimate #1 single of the 1960s, and the song also spent three weeks atop the easy listening chart [ 10 ] and was used in commercials for United Airlines in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow (guitar, tenor vocals), Paul Stookey (guitar, baritone vocals), and Mary Travers ( contralto vocals). [ 1 ]
Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1967. [2] It produced the band's most successful and final hit, a recording of the John Denver song "Leaving on a Jet Plane".
Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at the age of 86. ... with their cover of John Denver’s “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” landing at No. 1.
Throughout their time together, Peter, Paul and Mary earned five Grammys, released two No. 1 albums, and scored six top-10 hits. ... a cover of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane." Also in 1969 ...
Peter, Paul and Mary disbanded in 1970 to pursue solo ventures, though they reunited throughout the '80s, '90s and 2000s until Travers' death in 2009. ... The trio took his “Leaving on a Jet ...
The thirteen cuts were taken from the trio's 1962 debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary (Lemon Tree, 500 Miles, If I Had a Hammer), and their follow-up albums: In the Wind (1963) (Blowin' in the Wind, Stewball, Don't Think Twice), Album 1700 (1967) (I Dig Rock and Roll Music, Leaving on a Jet Plane), (1963) (Puff), A Song Will Rise (1965) (For ...
The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Released: February 1967; Label: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts — — — 1970 The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together: Released: May 1970; Label: Warner Bros. 15 9 60 US: 2xPlatinum [4] 1972 The Most Beautiful Songs of Peter, Paul and Mary: Released: 1972; Label: Warner Bros. — — — 1998 Around the ...