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Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. [2] Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City 's Greenwich Village, [2] and she released five solo albums.
Murder of Mary Travers. Mary Travers ( Irish: Máire Ó Treabhair; 1962 – 8 April 1984) was a teacher who was shot dead in Belfast on 8 April 1984 by Provisional IRA gunmen trying to assassinate her father, Thomas, a Catholic magistrate. Mary Travers was about 22 at the time.
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow (guitar, tenor vocals), Paul Stookey (guitar, baritone vocals), and Mary Travers ( contralto vocals). [ 1] The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey ...
P. L. Travers. Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE ( / ˈtrævərs /; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. [1] She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, [2] which feature the eponymous magical nanny .
HarperCollins, London. Harcourt, Brace, New Hampshire. Published. 1934–1988. Media type. Hardback. Author P. L. Travers in a 1922 stage production. Mary Poppins is a series of eight children's books written by Australian-British writer P. L. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. Mary Shepard was the illustrator throughout the ...
Peter and Noel Paul (2009–present) Formerly of. Peter, Paul and Mary (1961–1970; 1978–2008) Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's best known hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon".
Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folk Singers. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer ...
Mary (Mary Travers album) Mary. (Mary Travers album) Mary is the debut solo album by Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary. It was the most successful of the five solo albums she recorded between 1971 and 1978. The album was released on CD for the first time in 2008 as part of the "Solo Recordings" three-CD set released by Rhino Entertainment ...