Blowing in the Wind - Peter Paul and Mary

Dylan recorded "Blowin' in the Wind" on July 9, 1962, for inclusion on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963. In his sleeve notes for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991, John Bauldie writes that it was Pete Seeger who first identified the melody of "Blowin' in the Wind" as Dylan's adaptation of the old Negro spiritual "No More Auction Block". According to Alan Lomax's The Folk Songs of North America, the song originated in Canada and was sung by former slaves who fled there after Britain abolished slavery in 1833. In 1978, Dylan acknowledged the source when he told journalist Marc Rowland: "'Blowin' in the Wind' has always been a spiritual. I took it off a song called 'No More Auction Block' - that's a spiritual and 'Blowin' in the Wind' follows the same feeling."
Peter Paul and Mary songs are part of our lives: political songs such as Blowing in the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, When the Ship Comes In, We Shall Overcome, and Where Have All the Flowers Gone; gospel songs like All My Trials, A Soalin, and Very Last Day; humorous songs like San Francisco Bay Blues and I Dig Rock and Roll Music; love songs like Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and Reason to Believe; and personal songs like I Shall Be Released and Early Morning Rain.
In the Wind was the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1963. It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. In the Wind was so successful that when it hit #1 on the Billboard album charts, it caused their two previous albums to re-enter the Top 10 as well. The album was released in October 1963, a few months before the arrival of the Beatles, heralded as the British Invasion. At this point in musical history the folk music revival was in full flower.
Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Noel Paul Stookey and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan as well as covers of other folk musicians. After the death of Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.
Mary Travers said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and the Weavers. In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On - A Musical Legacy members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Peter, Paul and Mary received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Wunderschön und zauberhaft.

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I loved when this first it came out- it has stood the test of time. Alas this group lost members to death or I would be buying new releases. RIP Friends of my Youth- the Heavenly choir is sweeter for you being there!😢

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One of my favorite protest song!