Peter Yarrow

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Biography

Peter Yarrow is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary.

Peter Yarrow was born in Manhattan in 1938.

His singing career began after he graduated from Cornell University, in 1959. Shortly thereafter, he formed a trio with Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers in New York City's Greenwich Village, center of the mid-20th century American folk music revival.

By 1962, Warner Bros. Records had released the trio's first album titled Peter, Paul and Mary. It included "Lemon Tree", "500 Miles", and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" The album remained in the Top Ten for ten months and in the Top Twenty for two years and sold more than two million copies.

In October 1969, Yarrow married the niece of Eugene McCarthy, Mary Beth McCarthy of Willmar, Minnesota. Peter and Mary Beth have two children - Bethany and Christopher.

The trio were prolific political activists for their involvement in the peace movement and other causes. They were awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 1, 1990.

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

In 2000, Peter co-founded Operation Respect which brings a curriculum of tolerance and respect to children.

Peter has said that he has lived a life of social and political advocacy through music, one in which he has "seen songs like Blowin' In the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, and We Shall Overcome become anthems that moved generations and helped solidify their commitment to efforts like the Civil Rights Movement and the Peace Movement."

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• Wikidata: Item Q2033344, en:Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary