Peter, Paul and Mommy
Studio album by Peter, Paul and Mary
Released	May 25, 1969
Genre	Children, folk
Length	34:56
Label	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Producer	Milt Okun
Peter, Paul and Mary chronology
Late Again (1968) Peter, Paul and Mommy (1969) The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together (1970)
Singles from Peter, Paul and Mommy
" Day is Done" Released: March 24, 1969

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Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It contains hits like " Puff the Magic Dragon", among others. The album reached No. 12 on Billboard's Top LPs chart. The single " Day is Done" reached number 7 on the Easy Listening chart and number 21 on the Pop Singles chart.

At the Grammy Awards of 1970, Peter, Paul and Mommy won the Grammy for Best Recording for Children. ^[2]

Background

According to Paul Stookey, the album grew naturally from the fact that all the previous albums the trio had released contain at least one children's song. ^[3] The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as " It's Raining" and " Puff (The Magic Dragon)", found on earlier albums, were re-recorded for the album with a backing children choir. The single "Day is Done", written by Peter Yarrow, is also a different recording from the one on the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by Tom Paxton. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Marvelous Toy" ( Tom Paxton) Cherry Lane Music, Inc. ASCAP
2. " Day Is Done" ( Peter Yarrow)
3. " Leatherwing Bat" (Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Stookey)
4. "I Have A Song To Sing, O!" ( Gilbert & Sullivan, from " Yeomen of the Guard," Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Travers, Stookey, Okun)
5. " All Through The Night" (Adapted & Arranged by Yarrow, Stookey, Travers)
6. " It's Raining" (Adapted & Arranged by Stookey, Yarrow, Chandler)
7. "Going to the Zoo" (Tom Paxton) Cherry Lane Music, Inc. ASCAP
8. " Boa Constrictor" ( Shel Silverstein) Tro-Hollis Music, Inc. BMI
9. "Make-Believe Town" (Yarrow, Elaina Mezzetti)
10. " Mockingbird" (Adapted & Arranged by Travers, Stookey, Yarrow)
11. "Christmas Dinner" (Paul Stookey)
12. " Puff (The Magic Dragon)" ( Lenny Lipton, Yarrow)

All songs published by Pepamar Music Corp. ASCAP except as indicated.

Personnel

Peter, Paul and Mary

• Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar
• Noel "Paul" Stookey – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Mary Travers – vocals

with:

• Russell Savakus – double bass
• Paul Prestopino – guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro

Technical

• Produced by Milton Okun
• Musical Director: Milton Okun
• Associate Producer: Phil Ramone
• Engineers: Don Hahn, Phil Ramone
• Front Cover Photo: Allen Vogel
• Cover Design: Milton Glaser
• Back Cover Photo: Victor Lassiter
• Children Appear Through the Courtesy of the Nursery School, Westchester Ethical Society
• Direction: Ken Fritz Management, Los Angeles

Charts

See also

• Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too

Notes