How did Peter, Paul and Mary help popularize the music of Bob Dylan?
By Wrap Staff It’s now just Peter and Paul. Mary Travers, one-third of the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died of leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday, her publicist Heather Lylis said. She was 72. With Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Travers was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. They were the first to champion Bob Dylan, turning his “Blowin … (link) Mary Travers dies at 72; folk singer performed with the trio Peter, Paul and Mary latimes.com 10 hours ago — The group’s harmony-laden recordings of politically minded songs by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger ushered them to the top of the sales charts in the 1960s. > … Uma Thurman Covers W Magazine knockedupcelebs.com 16 hours ago — Uma Thurman is a busy mom to two kids, and is starting to promote her new movie, Mot
Peter, Paul and Mary (often called PP&M) was a musical group from the United States who were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Noel “Paul” Stookey, and Mary Travers. The group was created and managed by Albert Grossman, who sought to create a folk “supergroup” by bringing together “a tall blonde (Mary Travers), a funny guy (Paul Stookey), and a good looking guy (Peter Yarrow)”. He launched the group in 1961, booking them into the The Bitter End, a coffee house and popular folk venue in New York City’s Greenwich Village. They recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included “500 Miles”, “Lemon Tree”, and the Pete Seeger hit tunes “If I Had a Hammer” (subtitled “(The Hammer Song)”) and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”. The album was listed on the Billboard Magazine Top Ten list for ten months and in the Top One Hundred for over three years. The group made its television debut in either 19
Peter, Paul and Mary were melodic and easy to listen to. Dylan, not so much. Even today his fans admit that his voice alone would win no awards. The versions offered up by Peter, Paul and Mary therefore introduced Dylan to the world. Sadly, Mary Travers, one-third of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who helped popularize the work of Bob Dylan and sang hits such as “Puff (The Magic Dragon),” has died, aged 72, after battling leukemia. A statement on the group’s website on Wednesday said Travers succumbed “to the side effects of one of the chemotherapy treatments” she was undergoing to fight cancer. Sources: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091700651.
