Mary Travers, very popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut today. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years. Travers sang with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s.The trio mingled their music with politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer” became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included “Lemon Tree,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon.)”The group won five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
Mary Travers, very popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut today. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years. Travers sang with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s.The trio mingled their music with politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer” became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included “Lemon Tree,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon.)”The group won five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
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Still believe that was about Viet Nam:
Happy dragons are Asian while mean dragons are of Russian origin;
Land by the sea;
Place called Han-o-(l)i;
Little Jackie Paper...USA.