Peter, Paul and Mommy


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 Billboards 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.

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 song.
The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as "It's Raining" and "Puff " found in 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 in the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by Tom Paxton.

Track listing

Side one - ''Toy Side''

  1. "The Marvelous Toy" Cherry Lane Music, Inc. ASCAP
  2. "Day Is Done"
  3. "Leatherwing Bat"
  4. "I Have A Song To Sing, O!"
  5. "All Through The Night"
  6. "It's Raining"

    Side two - ''Zoo Side''

  7. "Going to the Zoo" Cherry Lane Music, Inc. ASCAP
  8. "Boa Constrictor" Tro-Hollis Music, Inc. BMI
  9. "Make-Believe Town"
  10. "Mockingbird"
  11. "Christmas Dinner"
  12. "Puff "
All songs published by Pepamar Music Corp. ASCAP except as indicated.

Personnel