lity made him popular as a stand-up comic and he worked as an emcee in night clubs while attending Michigan State University.Peter Yarrow known for his songwriting, sound quality and commitment to excellence, Peter Yarrow, along with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, made up the popular folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The trio produced such standard 60's hits as "Blowin' in the Wind, " "If I Had a Hammer" and "Puff the Magic Dragon"; much of their music centered around the social issues and concerns of the times, including war, homelessness, the environment, world hunger, Apartheid, and the Sanctuary.. (AMG www.allmusic.com)Peter Yarrow was born in New York City in 1938. His singing career began after receiving a psychology degree from Cornell University. Upon graduating, he went to Greenwich Village, where he met up with Noel Stookey and Mary Travers. Albert Grossman, the trio's manager, assembled and encouraged the group. After rehearsing for seven months, the trio was ready to make public debut. In 1961 they performed in the Greenwich Village coffeehouse Bitter End. This eventually led to other dates in folk clubs in Chicago and San Francisco. After rousing success at the Blue Angel nightclub in New York, the group began a national tour which lasted almost ten years.Their first album stayed in the top ten for ten months, and in the top twenty for two years. and sold more than two million copies. A year later in 1963 the trio had three albums on the charts which included the hit "Puff the Magic Dragon."I myself have their album "Peter, Paul and Mary (Moving)" A Warner Brothers release in 1963. Most of the groups original recordings were on LP 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl records. The trio of Peter, Paul and Mary was the most popular singing group in the U.S. just before the Beatles arrived, using their three part harmony arrangments to introduce the work of some of the 60's best songwriters. Now more than 30 years later, they are still perform...
