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It was in 1961 when three folk singers namely: Peter Yarrow, Noel “Paul” Stookey and Mary Travers stood on stage and made their debut at Greenwich Village’s Bitter End coffee house. Since then Peter, Paul & Mary was considered the most popular folk group of the 1960s. With the proper guidance and motivation given by their manager Albert Grossman, the group had recorded about one album a year. And many of the songs are classics–”Blowin’ In The Wind,” “If I Had A Hammer,” “Puff, The Magic Dragon.” With many albums, Grammy awards and concerts behind them, Peter, Paul, and Mary (often called PP&M) still is active in music industry. Their newly Warner Bros. CD, Around The Campfire, signals the arrival of a collection of twenty-one of their classic songs, combined with four new songs never before recorded by the Trio. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Peter, Paul, and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
Below is my list of Peter, Paul and Mary greatest hits, yours may be different. Hope you enjoy each song.
1. Early in the Morning – from the album “Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
2. 500 Miles – also in the album “Peter, Paul and Mary” (1962)
3. For Loving Me – from the album “A song Will Rise” (1965)
4. If I Had a Hammer – from the album Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
5. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – from the album “Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
6. Puff, the Magic Dragon – from the album “Moving” (1963)
7. The Cruel War – from the album Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
8. This Land Is Your Land – from the album “Moving” (1963)
9. Blowin’ in the Wind- from the album “In the Wind” (1964)
10. Stewball – from the album “In the Wind” (1964)
I love this group. Its songs have meaningful lyrics.
ReplyDeletewow this group was really old... the only song i can remember was the Puff the Magic dragon ...i wasnt born yet at times of their success.
ReplyDeleteoh my! I am not familiar with this group 'coz I'm not yet born that time :D but am familiar with the song "where have all the flowers gone", they usually feature this song with videos of men coming back from war.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard about them since now. They all good - I mean how come I haven't heard about there songs? Or maybe I'm just focus on a more typical modern edge music but still This is a great find my friend. :)
ReplyDeleteI feel like an old-timer waaah!! I so love these kinds of songs!
ReplyDeleteThis groups is classic and funny how I choose puff the magic dragon in magic sing since it gives me a bigger score.
ReplyDeleteToo bad, I didn't even know one of them.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm not into classic songs but I never knew that I've heard their songs before. But I like their song "If I had a hammer" and "Puff the Magic Dragon". Great post!
ReplyDeleteSad that I don't know who they are.. When I listened to the song, gusto ko naman :( Maybe I'm too young pa so di ko na sila naabutan. Hehe
ReplyDeleteThis is way past my generation. My kind of music in roughly the same era were funky stuff from James Brown.
ReplyDeleteLove their music. Great songs indeed.
ReplyDeletei didn't know them, until now, they were famous before i learn what music was...thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love Peter Paul and Mary! I was born in 1983 and yet, I got to listen to their beautiful music and enjoyed them until today! :)
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ReplyDeletePuff the Magic Dragon is the only piece I knew.. and to tell you bluntly, I knew it from a KPop group, Super Junior.. its like they made a skit during their concerts.
awwwwwwww...one of my hubby's favorite bands of all time....:)
ReplyDeleteSino ba naman ang di nakakakikilala sa mga eto? Classic ata ang mga kanta nila. Sanggol palang ako naririning ko na sa radyo, hehe!
ReplyDeletei have heard some of the songs, but they were from the other artists who probably re-recorded their songs, and I love the "puff the magic dragon" and "if I have a hammer", thanks for reminding us of their songs, now I know who the original singers of these famous songs are :)
ReplyDeleteAlthough most of the hits you've mentioned here came sometime a little before I was born, I was fortunate to have been exposed to their music courtesy of my father.
ReplyDeleteWow, at di ko talaga sila kilala at di pa kasi ako pinganak nyan.hehehe.Pero ang ganda ng song nila.
ReplyDeletemy most favorite among all those favorites is Puff,the magic dragon - it's about a never-ending friendship and loyalty of a dragon to a boy until he became a man and had his own family.. it was a sad ending when Puff disappear and never seen again because he felt his friend had forgotten him..
ReplyDeleteLove their music! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's soooo good! ^_^
i love blowin in the wind....and puff the magic dragon
ReplyDeletebeautiful songs, their music are always love...:) thanks for sharing po.
ReplyDeletewow! they are the one who sang the Puff the magic dragon. i didnt know that. i used to sing this song all the time when i was little. thanks for sharing about this group. they have beautiful collections of songs
ReplyDeleteIt's my first time to hear about this group. It's nice to see them still sing even at their advanced ages.
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