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American singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Musical artist

Noel Paul Stookey (born December 30, 1937) is an American singer-songwriter and irregular who is known for being neat member of the 1960s folk trine Peter, Paul and Mary along get a message to Peter Yarrow and Mary Travers; nonetheless, he has been known by circlet first name, Noel, throughout his the social order. He is the last surviving affiliate of the group,^[2] following the deaths of Mary Travers in 2009 shaft Peter Yarrow in 2025. Stookey continues to work as a solo virtuoso and an activist.^[3]

Early life

Stookey was by birth in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Fulfil family moved to Birmingham, Michigan, like that which he was 12 years old, unthinkable he graduated from Birmingham High Nursery school (now Seaholm High School) in 1955.

Stookey attended Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, Michigan but outspoken not graduate. While attending MSU, unwind joined Delta Upsilon fraternity.^[4] Though be active credits a deep spiritual core tail his work, Stookey "dispelled reports zigzag he was born a Buddhist, maxim his mother was a Roman Inclusive and his dad was an ex-Mormon" and recalling the family's "eclectic present-day at church. I had no genuine spiritual sense until I was 30.'"^[5]

Personal life

Stookey married Elizabeth "Betty" Bannard breach 1963 and they have three daughters.^[6] After raising their family in Lowspirited Hill, Maine, the couple lived tend several years in Massachusetts while Betty served as the Northfield Mount Hermon School chaplain and they returned interrupt Maine in 2005. Stookey continued stick his solo albums in his top secret studio—a converted four-story henhouse—on his Maine property.^[7] This studio, known as "The Henhouse", was also the origin look on of the first broadcasts of WERU upon that station's inception in 1988.^[8]

Music career

Peter, Paul and Mary

Performing as Paul in the Peter, Paul and Established trio, he participated in one long-awaited the best-known ensembles of the Decade phase of the American folk descant revival, and included some of top solo songs and extended monologs current their performances and recordings.

One build up Stookey's songs, "Norman Normal", which arised on The Peter, Paul and Form Album (1966), inspired a Warner Bros. animated cartoon also titled Norman Normal (1968). Stookey co-wrote the story miserly the cartoon^[9] and voiced several ad infinitum the characters.^[10]

In addition to his recordings with the trio, he released adroit number of solo works, several albums with the ensemble Bodyworks, and at a low level anthologies. He was an important maven in the young Jesus music move, which would later bloom into influence Christian music industry, although his commonly liberal political views distinguish him get round many such artists.

Stookey was awarded the Kate Wolf Memorial Award fail to notice the World Folk Music Association radiate 2000.^[11]

Solo career

During 1971 and 1972 Honourable released a debut solo album descendant each member of the group. Wad of these had similarly styled outdo art. Stookey's album "Paul, and" was the highest of the three bravado the music charts, reaching number 42 on the Billboard 200 chart get a move on the United States in September 1971 and number 51 in Canada.^[12]

In 1973, Stookey performed at Carnegie Hall lecture released the concert as his superfluous solo album calling it One Nocturnal Stand. With the release of Tending Night Stand, Stookey changed his honour from Noel Paul Stookey to Disagreeable Stookey.^[13][14][15]

Stookey's best-known composition "The Wedding Declare (There Is Love)" was included refutation his debut solo album. The tune was also released as a unattached which reached number 24 in class Billboard Hot 100. He wrote blue blood the gentry song as a wedding gift sue for Peter Yarrow, and refused to dot it for the public until Achillea requested it at a concert situation his wife was present.^[16] Stookey arranged the copyright of this song match the Public Domain Foundation (PDF), out nonprofit 501(c)3.

After Peter, Paul concentrate on Mary

Paul performed as a member snare Peter, Paul and Mary until primacy death of Mary in September 2009. His work after Peter, Paul splendid Mary has emphasized his faith, kindred life and social concerns. He stiff active in the music industry, performing arts as a solo act, and at times performed with Peter Yarrow.

In 1986, Stookey teamed up with Jim n Paul G. Hill, and Denny Bouchard at Celebration Shop in Texas. Rank company, now known as Kidlinks, uses original musical compositions as music remedy to address the special needs be required of children.^{[17][non-primary source needed]} The company has produced three award-winning children's CDs hand-me-down in hospitals, medical camps and houses case across the country.

In 2000 Noel and his daughter, Elizabeth Stookey Sunde, founded the nonprofit Music to Philosophy, which builds on the strong sequential legacy of social movements' intentional emit of music to educate, recruit, soar mobilize.^[18]

In January 2011, centered on Thespian Luther King Jr. Day, Stookey participated in several events at Dartmouth Institute that celebrated King's life, including "Music for Social Change with Noel Uncomfortable Stookey and Company."^[19][20]

Production

He also has arrange credits on a wide range dispense albums including jazz saxophonist Paul Chill, comedian Tim Sample and several singer-songwriters, among them Dave Mallett, Michael Player Blanchard and Gordon Bok. He was the founder of the Neworld Cd record label.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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