L-R: Mary Travers, Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow in ... of "Leaving on a Jet Plane," written by a then largely unknown John Denver. The single was Peter, Paul and Mary's only U.S. No. 1 hit ...

While he made an undeniable impact on the music scene of the '60s, Yarrow was convicted in 1970 for "taking indecent liberties with a minor" and served three months in prison for the offense. He was ...

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top ... After recording their last No. 1 hit, a 1969 cover of John Denver’s ...

Grossman settled on Stookey and Mary Travers to work with Yarrow ... a dig at rock’n’roll) and John Denver’s plaintive Leaving on a Jet Plane two years later. The group split up in 1971 ...

Mary Travers was an American folk icon and a part of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow. She emerged as one of folk's most influential voices with ...