Day Is Done -- Remembering Peter Yarrow - by Randall Beach
Jan 10, 2025 · On May 11, 1975 there was a grand celebration, the “War Is Over” concert and peace rally in Central Park. More than 50,000 people got together on the Sheep Meadow to celebrate that finally, finally the Vietnam War had ended. I was there and of course Peter Yarrow was there too. His moments on stage that day are the most vivid in my mind.
Peter Yarrow - Wikipedia
Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. ... The three participated in countless demonstrations against the war in Vietnam. They sang at the 1969 March on Washington, which Mr. Yarrow ...
Remembering Peter Yarrow | Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jan 8, 2025 · Peter Yarrow was an American singer and songwriter who found dame as a member of the 1960s fold trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Lenny Lipton) one of the group’s best known hits, “Puff the Magic Dragon” (1963). ... and supported causes that ranged from opposition to the Vietnam War to school anti-bullying programs. Warner ...
Remembering Peter Yarrow ’59, Whose Love of Folk Grew on the …
Jan 7, 2025 · Later, they performed for presidential campaigns and at marches to protest the Vietnam War. After the band split in 1970, Yarrow released a solo album and continued to write songs, reuniting with the group for benefit concerts and, after 1978, to tour regularly, which they did until Travers’s death in 2009.
Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and …
1 day ago · Peter Yarrow performs at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas at a three-day Vietnam War Summit, April 28, 2016. (JTA) - Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, died Tuesday at age 86.
Peter Yarrow sang the soundtrack to my Jewish childhood
Jan 7, 2025 · Peter Yarrow plays acoustic guitar as he performs in 2017 during a Vietnam peace commemoration. Photo by Getty Images.
Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at 86
Jan 7, 2025 · Yarrow was a political activist throughout his life, and wrote the anti-Vietnam War protest song "Day Is Done," released by Peter, Paul and Mary in 1969. But in 1970, his reputation was tarnished after he was convicted for a sexual offense against a minor.
Day Is Done (song) - Wikipedia
"Day Is Done" is a song written by Peter Yarrow. It was recorded by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary and released as a single in 1969. An anti-war protest song of the Vietnam War era, the song reached No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked No. 48 on the Billboard year-end Top Easy Listening Singles chart of 1969. [2]
Peter Yarrow — American Friends of Combatants for Peace
Known for his songwriting, sound quality and commitment to excellence, Peter Yarrow, along with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, made up the popular folk group Peter, Paul & Mary. Their music centered around war, homelessness, the environment, world hunger, apartheid and the Sanctuary Movement.
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86 - Arizona Daily Star
Jan 7, 2025 · Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, from the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, performs April 28, 2016 at the Vietnam War Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
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