to form the catchier moniker of Peter, Paul and Mary. The trio landed quick success with their eponymous debut album released in 1962. Buoyed by singles “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree,” the album ...

P eter Yarrow, the Peter of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on January 7. He was 86. Yarrow died at home in Manhattan from bladder cancer, which he had for the past four year ...

After months of rehearsal the three became an overnight sensation when their first album, 1962’s eponymous “Peter, Paul and Mary,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart. Their second, “In the Wind,” ...

Between their early '60s breakout and 2004 finale with “In These Times,” Peter, Paul and Mary released a dozen albums and remained chart mainstays. “Puff, the Magic Dragon” became a ...

The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.