''In the Wind'' is the third

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by the American

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

trio

Peter, Paul and Mary 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 consisted of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey, and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoir ...

, released in October 1963, a few months before the arrival of the Beatles heralded the

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. It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. The lead-off single of

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's "

Blowin' in the Wind "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about ...

" sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies in the first week of release. On July 13, 1963, it reached number two on the ''

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, with sales exceeding one million copies. It spent five weeks atop the

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. The second single from the album, "

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", another song by Dylan, peaked at number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 9 on the Pop Singles chart. At the

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, their recording of "Blowin' in the Wind" won the Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group.

Track listing

Side one

# "Very Last Day" (

Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame for being in the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's best known hits, " Puff, the Magic Dragon". H ...

Noel Stookey Noel Paul Stookey (born December 30, 1937) is an American singer-songwriter who was famous for being in the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; however, he has been known by his first name, Noel, throughout his life. Nowadays, he continues to w ...

) # " Hush-a-Bye" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey) # "Long Chain On" (

Jimmy Driftwood James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and " Tennessee Stud ...

) # "Rocky Road" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) # " Tell It on the Mountain" (arranged by

Mary Travers Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter who was known for being in the famous 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burg ...

, Peter Yarrow,

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, Noel Stookey) # " Polly Von" a.k.a. Polly Vaughn and Molly Bawn (Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)

Side two

# " Stewball" (Traditional; arranged by Mary Travers, Milton Okun, Noel Stookey and Elena Mezzetti) # "

All My Trials "All My Trials" is a folk song which became popular during the social protest movements of the late 1950s and 1960s. Alternative titles it has been recorded under include "Bahamian Lullaby" and "All My Sorrows." The origins of the song are unclea ...

" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Milton Okun) # "

" (

) # "

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" (

Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten ( Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This po ...

) # "Quit Your Low Down Ways" (Bob Dylan) # "

" (Bob Dylan)

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Noel "Paul" Stookey – vocals, guitar *

– vocals *Edgar O. DeHaas – bass ;Technical *Bill Schwartau - recording engineer *

Barry Feinstein Barry Feinstein (February 4, 1931 – October 20, 2011) was an American photographer and filmmaker, known for his photographs of 1950s Hollywood, the 1960s music scene, and his close personal and professional relationships with celebrities like ...

- cover photography *

- liner notes

Chart history

References

{{Authority control Peter, Paul and Mary albums 1963 albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Albert Grossman