Mary Travers
Mary Allin Travers, born 9 November 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky, was an
American folk singer and contralto whose career spanned four decades. Travers
grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City's Greenwich Village. She
began her career as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along
with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Her breakthrough came in 1961 with the
trio’s self-titled debut album in 1962 that featured the protest anthems "Lemon
Tree" and "If I Had a Hammer", and the single "500 Miles" which reached the U.S.
charts. After the group disbanded in 1...
