Hits List: Peter, Paul & Mary

Listening to this trio takes us back to a time when artists wrote about music that mattered.  Peter, Paul & Mary didn't just complain about things like today's artists.  Rather, they wrote poignant lyrics and offered solutions.  Here is the complete Hits List:

1962:  "Lemon Tree" (#35, #12 Easy Listening)

           "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" --#10

1963:  "Puff (the Magic Dragon)" --#2, #10 R&B, #1 Easy Listening

           "Big Boat" (#93)

           "Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)" --#56, #14 Easy Listening

           "Blowin' in the Wind" (#2, #1 Easy Listening)

           "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (#9, #2 Easy Listening)

           "Stewball" (#35, #17 Easy Listening)

           "A-Soalin'" 

1964:  "Tell It On the Mountain" (#33, #7 Easy Listening)

           "Oh Rock My Soul (Part 1) --#93

1965:  "For Lovin' Me" (#30, #5 Easy Listening)

           "When the Ship Comes In" (#91, #23 Easy Listening)

           "Early Mornin' Rain" (#91, #13 Easy Listening)

1966:  "Cruel War" (#52, #4 Easy Listening)

           "Hurry Sundown" (#37 Easy Listening)

           "The Other Side of This Life" (#100, #33 Easy Listening)

           "For Baby (For Bobbie)" 

1967:  "I Dig Rock & Roll Music" (#9)

           "Too Much of Nothing" (#35)

1968:  "Love City (Postcard From Duluth)" 

1969:  "Day Is Done" (#21, #7 Easy Listening)

           "Leaving On a Jet Plane" (#1, #1 Easy Listening)

           "The Marvelous Toy"

That's a total of 13 hits, six of those going Top 10 with the #1 "Leaving On a Jet Plane".  On the Easy Listening chart, they scored 14 hits with seven Top 10's and two #1's.