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1962 studio album by Peter, Paul and Mary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter, Paul and Mary is the debut studio album by American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in May 1962 on Warner Bros. Records.[5] Released in both mono and stereo on catalog no. 1449, it is one of the rare folk albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart in the US, where it remained for over a month. The lead-off singles "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree" reached numbers 10 and 35 respectively on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. It was the group's biggest selling studio album, eventually certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. sales of more than two million copies.
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Released | May 1962 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 33:14 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Albert Grossman | |||
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The album was reissued as 180 Gram vinyl in 2016 under the Waxtime Label as #772125. The Waxtime issue has three Bonus tracks: which are side 1 #7 – "One Kind of Favor" (Live), side 2 track #7 – "The Times They Are A' Changin'" (Live) and track #8 – "If I Had My Way" (Live).
At the Grammy Awards of 1963, their recording of "If I Had a Hammer" won the Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group Grammies.
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Year | Chart | Position |
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1962 | Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)[7] | 1 |
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