The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.
Peter Yarrow, along with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, had a deep love for the genre and a commitment to confronting social issues in their music. Their self-titled debut album, Peter ...
Yarrow and his bandmates, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, released their debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary, in 1962. The album, featuring mostly folk standards and Pete Seeger songs ...
Peter, Paul, and Mary quickly became one of the most successful folk acts of the 1960s; their 1962 debut album went double Platinum and their recording of “If I Had a Hammer” won two Grammys.
Peter, Paul & Mary also had two No. 1 albums: a self-titled debut in 1962 andIn the Wind from 1963. Their 1969 LP, Peter, Paul and Mommy, won a Grammy for Children’s Album. Travers died in 2009 ...