Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.
The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years.
Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s.
The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer” became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included “Lemon Tree,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon.)”
They were early champions of Bob Dylan and performed his “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the August 1963 March on Washington.
Remembrances of Mary Travers
And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream.
The group collected five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
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At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement. Read full story here
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Travers had undergone a bone marrow transplant and was “feeling fabulous” in 2006, but her condition deteriorated this year and she was no longer able to perform. Travers was born in Kentucky but attended high school in New York’s West Village, where her family lived in the same building as folk icon Pete Seeger. She became a disciple of the Weavers and performed with Seeger before Yarrow and his manager Albert Grossman (who later steered Bob Dylan’s career) recruited her for the trio. After seven months of rehearsals, the group made its debut in 1961 performing songs carefully arranged by Milk Okun. Their self-titled debut came out the following year and boasted the Grammy-winning “If I Had a Hammer,” as well as “Lemon Tree” and Seeger’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” They hit Number One with “Leaving on Jet Plane” from 1967’s Album 1700, but made a large impact off the charts as leading voices of protest. Read more here
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Peter Paul and Mary Song Lyrics
A Soalin’ All God’s Critters All Mixed Up All My Trials All Through The Night And When I Die Apologize Autumn to May Babylon/Oh, Sinner Man Ballad of Spring Hill Bamboo Beautiful City Because All Men Are Brothers Been On The Road Too Long Best of Friends Betty & Dupree Big Boat Blowin In The Wind Blue Boa Constrictor Bob Dylan’s Dream Brother, Can You Spare a Dime But A Moment By Surprise Canaan Land Car-Car Children Go Where I Send Thee Children One And All Christmas Dinner Circus Come & Go with Me Coming of the Roads Conscientious Objector Cruel War Danny’s Downs Day Is Done Delivery Delayed Deportee Dodi Li Don’t Ever Take Away My Freedom Don’t Go Down To The Quarry Don’t Laugh At Me Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right Down By The Riverside (Study War No More) Early In the Morning Early Mornin’ Rain El Salvador Erika With The Windy Yellow Hair Every Flower Fair Ireland Father’s House Flora Follow Me For Baby (For Bobbie) For Lovin’ Me For The Love of It All Forever Young Freedom Medley Freight Train Gabriel’s Mother’s Hiway Ballad #16 Blues Garden Song Gilgarra Mountain Give A Damn Going To The Zoo Golden Vanity Gone The Rainbow Goodbye Baby Goodbye Josh Goodnight Irene Greenland Whale Fisheries Greenwood Hangman Have You Been To Jail For Justice? Hayo, Haya Hey Sad Sack Home Is Where the Heart Is Home On The Range/Don’t Ever Take Away My Freedom House Of The Rising Sun How Can I Keep From Singing/The Great Storm Is Over Hurry Sundown Hush-a-Bye Hymn I Am Your Child I Dig Rock & Roll Music I Guess He’d Rather Be In Colorado I Have A Song To Sing, O. I Know An Old Lady I Need Me To Be For Me I Shall Be Released I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free I Wonder As I Wander I’d Rather Be In Love I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog If I Had A Hammer If I Had My Way If I Had Wings If I Were Free Indian Sunset Inside Invisible People It Ain’t Me , Babe It’s Magic It’s Raining Jane, Jane Jesus Is On The Wire Jesus Met The Woman Jimmy Whalen John Henry Bosworth Ju Les Ver Negre En Cheese Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Kumbaya Le Deserteur Leatherwing Bat Leaving On A Jet Plane Lemon Tree Light One Candle Like The First Time Listen, Mr. Bigot Long Chain On Love City (Postcards to Duluth) Lucy Make-Believe Town Man Come Into Egypt Man Of Constant Sorrow Mary Beth Meanings Will Change Mi Caballo Blanco Michael Row the Boat Ashore Mockingbird Moments of Soft Persuasion Mon Vrai Destin Monday Morning Morning Train Motherless Child Ms. Rheingold Music Speaks Louder Than Words No Easy Walk To Freedom No Man’s Land No Other Name Norman Normal
O Come, O Come Emmanuel Of This World Oh, Had I A Golden Thread Oh, Rock My Soul Old Coat Old Enough On The Path Of Glory One Kind Favor Pack Up Your Sorrows Pastures of Plenty Paultalk Plato’s Song Poem For Erika/For Baby Polly Von Power Pretty Mary Puff (The Magic Dragon) Quit Your Low Down Ways Reason To Believe Rhymes and Reasons Rich Man Poor Man Right Field River of Jordan Rocky Road Rolling Home San Francisco Bay Blues Sebastian September Song Settle Down She Dreams Side Road Single Girl Somagwaza/Hey, Motswala Some Walls Sometime Lovin’ Somos El Barco Song For The Asking Song of Peace(Finlandia) State of the Heart Stewball Such Is Love Summer Highland Falls Sweet Survivor Take Off Your Mask Take The Chance Tall Pine Trees Tell It On The Mountain Tender Hands The Cherry Tree Carol The Cuckoo The Eddystone Light The First Time Ever I Saw The Fox The Friendly Beasts The Good Times We Had The Great Mandala (Mandella) The House Song The Kid The King of Names The Last Thing on my Mind The Love In You The Magi The Marvelous Toy The Other Side of This Life The Rising of The Moon The Song Is Love The Times They Are A’Changin’ The Unicorn Song There But For Fortune There Is A Ship There’s Anger In The Land This Land Is Your Land This Train Three Ravens Tiger Tiny Sparrow Too Much of Nothing Tramp On The Street Tryin’ To Win ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
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