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1963 studio album by Peter, Paul and Mary
In the Wind is the third
album by the American
folk music trio
Peter, Paul and Mary , released in October 1963, a few months before the arrival of the Beatles heralded the
British Invasion . It was reissued on audio CD in 1990.
The lead-off single of
Bob Dylan 's "
Blowin' in the Wind " sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies in the first week of release. On July 13, 1963, it reached number two on the
Billboard
pop chart , with sales exceeding one million copies.
[6] It spent five weeks atop the
easy listening chart . The second single from the album, "
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right ", another song by Dylan, peaked at number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 9 on the Pop Singles chart.
At the
Grammy Awards of 1964 , their recording of "Blowin' in the Wind" won the
Best Folk Recording and
Best Performance by a Vocal Group .
[7]
"Very Last Day" (
Peter Yarrow ,
Noel Stookey ) – 2:33
"
Hush-a-Bye " (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey) – 2:23
"Long Chain On" (
Jimmy Driftwood ) – 4:38
"Rocky Road" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 3:42
"
Tell It on the Mountain " (arranged by
Mary Travers , Peter Yarrow,
Milton Okun , Noel Stookey) – 2:58
"
Polly Von " a.k.a. Polly Vaughn and Molly Bawn
[8] (Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 4:10
"
Stewball " (Traditional; arranged by Mary Travers, Milton Okun, Noel Stookey and Elena Mezzetti) – 3:12
"
All My Trials " (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Milton Okun) – 3:19
"
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right " (
Bob Dylan ) – 3:16
"
Freight Train " (
Elizabeth Cotten ) – 2:47
"Quit Your Low Down Ways" (Bob Dylan) – 2:07
"
Blowin' in the Wind " (Bob Dylan) – 2:57
Additional personnel
Chart performance for In the Wind
Year
Chart
Position
1963
Billboard 200
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"Peter, Paul And Mary - Blowin' In The Wind" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Peter, Paul And Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Peter, Paul And Mary - Stewball" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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AllMusic review
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"In The Wind " (PDF) .
Record Mirror . No. 157. 14 March 1964. p. 12. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022 .
^ Sounes, Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan , p.135
ISBN
978-0802116864
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"Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964" . Awardsandshows.com . Retrieved 10 August 2019 .
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"Polly Vaughn (and variations)" . Gel.com.au . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Billboard Top LP's" . Billboard . November 2, 1963.
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"Billboard Top LP's" . Billboard . November 9, 1963.
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"Billboard Top LP's" . Billboard . November 16, 1963.
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"Billboard Top LP's" . Billboard . November 23, 1963.
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"Billboard Top LP's" . Billboard . November 30, 1963.
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