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Peter Yarrow

Folk songwriter, musician and performer Peter Yarrow is best known for his participation in the trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Born in New York City on May 31, 1938 into a Ukrainian family, he studied psychology at Cornell University and frequented the folk clubs of Greenwich Village, where he met impresario Albert Grossmann, who was looking for talent to form a new group. After Mary Travers was hired, Noel Paul Stookey completed the trio, which met with success in 1962 with a debut album that spent seven weeks at the top of the charts, and the following year with his cover of Bob Dy...