''Peter, Paul and Mommy'', released on

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in 1969, is the trio

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's first children's album. It contains hits like "

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", among others. The album reached No. 12 on ''Billboard''s

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chart. The single " Day is Done" reached number 7 on the

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chart and number 21 on the Pop Singles chart. At the Grammy Awards of 1970, ''Peter, Paul and Mommy'' won the Grammy for

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Background

According to

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, the album grew naturally from the fact that all the previous albums the trio had released contain at least one children's song. The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as " It's Raining" and " Puff (The Magic Dragon)", found on earlier albums, were re-recorded for the album with a backing children choir. The single "Day is Done", written by

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, is also a different recording from the one on the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by

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Track listing

Side one - ''Toy Side''

# "The Marvelous Toy" (

) Cherry Lane Music, Inc.

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# " Day Is Done" (

) # " Leatherwing Bat" (Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Stookey) # "I Have A Song To Sing, O!" (

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& Sullivan, from "

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," Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Travers, Stookey, Okun) # " All Through The Night" (Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Stookey, Travers) # " It's Raining" (Adapted & Arranged by Stookey, Yarrow,

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)

Side two - ''Zoo Side''

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" (

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) Tro-Hollis Music, Inc. BMI # "Make-Believe Town" (Yarrow, Elaina Mezzetti) # "

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" (Adapted & Arranged by Travers, Stookey, Yarrow) # "Christmas Dinner" (Paul Stookey) # " Puff (The Magic Dragon)" (

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, Yarrow) All songs published by Pepamar Music Corp. ASCAP except as indicated.

Personnel

;Peter, Paul and Mary *

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

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 ...

– vocals with: * Russell Savakus – double bass *Paul Prestopino – guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro ;Technical *Produced by

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*Musical Director: Milton Okun *Associate Producer:

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*Engineers:

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, Phil Ramone *Front Cover Photo: Allen Vogel *Cover Design:

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*Back Cover Photo: Victor Lassiter *Children Appear Through the Courtesy of the Nursery School, Westchester Ethical Society *Direction: Ken Fritz Management, Los Angeles

Charts

Notes

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