Peter, Paul & Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone

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Peter, Paul and Mary was a folk singing group brought together by manager Albert Grossman, who was looking to form a "folk-pop supergroup" made up of a tall blonde gal, a good-looking guy, and a jokester.

Their first gig was in 1961 at New York's Bitter End coffeehouse, which was very well-received. Within a year, Peter, Paul and Mary had released their debut (self-titled) album, featuring Pete Seeger tunes like "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

By 1963, the group had made three records, including one of their biggest hits, "Puff the Magic Dragon." They performed at the 1963 March on Washington (where Martin Luther King, Jr., made his famous I Have a Dream speech. Their recording of Bob Dylan's "Blowin In the Wind" was the fastest selling record ever released by Warner Brothers Records, landing the trio at the forefront of the civil rights and peace movement.

By 1970, however, the group had broken up so that the members could pursue their own solo careers. They have reunited several times since then for select concert dates.

Mary Travers was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2005, and received a bone marrow transplant in the autumn of the same year. Peter, Paul and Mary continued their reunion tour in late 2005, and continue to tour now.




http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/PeterPaulMary.htm

UPDATE: Mary Travers died in 2010. RIP Mary.

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[Bogframe]

I just wish the audio was a bit better.

[John1948Ten]

@Bogframe I wish I had a million dollars and world peace.

[Buffalobobbiefh]

How beautiful this is. It brought tears when I first heard it, again when we saw them perform live in Chautauqua and now that my our grandson is a Marine serving in Afghanistan, it, indeed, has special meaning. Their music

has been of conscience of our country and of the world and we are grateful for their gift of song. Shalom, Mary. We will never forget you.

[dabrovi402]

@John1948Ten u r so modest

[GabrielDhalaman]

A drop of tear from my eye blessed the pillow here...oh my god

[SnkyCyanTurtle]

@John1948Ten world peace is better than a million dollars everyone should have the common sense to know that.

[cntower1249]

i wish i can see their live concert

[rumblefishbone66]

You Can hear the despare in their voices;they realize that they nay we will never learn.

[watchnpray247]

This just makes me cry. What else can I say? The song was written by Pete Seeger, a legend himself, but PPM had such a sweet spirit; this hearkens to a time when we still had hope. I miss you guys. I really miss you.

[stukin70s]

Got my grades mixed up; no surprise there!

[stukin70s]

I remember singing this song in fourth grade music class. Shortly afterword we learned to play it on our recorders (flutes).  Later that year one of the senior graduates from the year before was killed in Vietnam and there was a memorial assembly for him and we played this song at the assembly for the whole school; that was in 1963. There was no applause, only silence as we took our chairs again; that moment still haunts me to this day.

[stukin70s]

I remember singing this song in third grade music class. Shortly afterword we learned to play it on our recorders (flutes). One of the senior graduates from the year before had been killed in Vietnam and there was a memorial assembly for him and we played this song at the assembly for the whole school; that was in 1963. There was no applause, only silence as we took our chairs again; that moment still haunts me to this day.

[ONOERS1]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA WERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE???? PLS MESSAGE ME YOUNG GIRLS