''Peter, Paul and Mary'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American folk trio

Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary were an American Contemporary folk music, folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow (guitar, tenor vocals), Paul Stookey (guitar, baritone vocals), ...

, released in May 1962 on Warner Bros. Records.Peter, Paul & Mary
in hitparade.ch 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. 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.

Track listing

#"Early in the Morning" ( Noel "Paul" StookeyOfficial Peter, Paul & Mary Website
"Early In The Morning" Credits & Lyrics) – 1:37 #"

500 Miles "500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from hom ...

" ( Hedy West) – 2:48 #" Sorrow" (Traditional; arranged by Noel Stookey and

Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk music, folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. Yarrow co-wrote (with Lenny Lipton ...

) – 2:53 #" This Train" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey) – 2:11 #"Bamboo" ( Dave Van Ronk) – 2:33 #" It's Raining" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow) – 4:23 #" If I Had My Way" ( Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:25 #"Cruel War" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 2:19 #" Lemon Tree" ( Will Holt) – 2:57 #" If I Had a Hammer" (

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...

, Lee Hays) – 2:10 #"Autumn to May" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 2:46 #"

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song written by American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for the music, and published the ...

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Personnel

Peter, Paul, and Mary *

– guitar, vocals * Paul Stookey – guitar, vocals * Mary Travers – vocals * Bruce Langhorne - guitar Additional personnel *Bernard Cole – cover photography at The Bitter End, New York City * Milton Glaser – cover design *Albert Grossman – producer * Milton Okun – musical director *Bill Schwartau – recording engineer

Chart positions

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External links

* * {{Authority control Peter, Paul and Mary albums 1962 debut albums Warner Records albums Albums with cover art by Milton Glaser Albums produced by Albert Grossman