Peter, Paul and Mary (album)

For the 1966 album, see The Peter, Paul and Mary Album.

Peter, Paul and Mary is the debut studio album by American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in May 1962 on Warner Bros. Records. 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.

Peter, Paul and Mary
Studio album by Peter, Paul and Mary
Released	May 1962
Genre	Folk
Length	33:14
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Albert Grossman
Peter, Paul and Mary chronology
Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) Moving (1963)
Singles from Peter, Paul and Mary
"Lemon Tree" Released: April 1962 "If I Had a Hammer" Released: July 1962 "500 Miles" Released: December 1962

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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

1. "Early in the Morning" (Noel "Paul" Stookey) – 1:37
2. "500 Miles" (Hedy West) – 2:48
3. "Sorrow" (Traditional; arranged by Noel Stookey and Peter Yarrow) – 2:53
4. "This Train" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey) – 2:11
5. "Bamboo" (Dave Van Ronk) – 2:33
6. "It's Raining" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow) – 4:23
7. "If I Had My Way" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:25
8. "Cruel War" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 2:19
9. "Lemon Tree" (Will Holt) – 2:57
10. "If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays) – 2:10
11. "Autumn to May" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 2:46
12. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger) – 3:55

Personnel

Peter, Paul, and Mary

• Peter Yarrow – guitar, vocals
• Paul Stookey – guitar, vocals
• Mary Travers – vocals

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

Chart performance for Peter, Paul, and Mary

Year	Chart	Position
1962	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	1
1963

External links

• Peter, Paul and Mary at Discogs (list of releases)
• Peter, Paul and Mary at MusicBrainz (list of releases)