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    The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as...
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  • The Kingston Trio's discography is large and diverse, covering over 50 years and many record labels. Their early—and primary—output was virtually all...
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  • The Kingston Trio is the Kingston Trio's debut album, released in 1958 (see 1958 in music). It entered the album charts in late October 1958, where it...
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    Bob Shane (category The Kingston Trio members)
    of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the United...
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    material as well as the folk song-like sentimental ballad "Scarlet Ribbons" (composed in 1949). The Kingston Trio, a group originating on the West Coast, were...
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  • Philadelphia native, Gannon's career began as road manager for the Kingston Trio in the band's early days of its greatest success. He later operated and...
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  • John Stewart (musician) (category The Kingston Trio members)
    contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with the Kingston Trio (1961–1967) and as a popular music songwriter of the Monkees' No...
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  • Dave Guard (category The Kingston Trio members)
    one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio. Guard was born in San Francisco and went to Punahou School in Honolulu in what was then the pre-statehood...
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  • featured a performance of the song by the Kingston Trio, attended by then-governor Mitt Romney. The Kingston Trio version begins with a spoken recitation...
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  • Tom Dooley (song) (category The Kingston Trio songs)
    "Dooley"). One of the more famous murder ballads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles...
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  • The Kingston Trio #16 is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1963 (see 1963 in music). It reached number 4 on the...
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  • this version was the first to bring the song to the attention of the general public. The Kingston Trio often performed it live. The most notable recording...
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  • The Kingston Trio, an American folk and pop music group "Kingston", a song by Sean Kingston from his 2007 debut self-titled album Kingston (surname), a...
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  • country artists. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The Kingston Trio met Jane Bowers while...
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  • An Evening with The Kingston Trio is a live album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, recorded in 1962 and released in 1994 (see 1994 in...
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    Nick Reynolds (category The Kingston Trio members)
    Reynolds was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention during the late Fifties and...
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  • originally recorded by Bob Shane with the Kingston Trio. It was made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal...
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  • Sold Out is an album by American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1960 (see 1960 in music). It was their third LP to reach #1, stayed there...
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    Alex Hassilev (category The Limeliters members)
    Gottlieb, an original member of the Gateway Singers who had also written several musical arrangements for the Kingston Trio. At that time Gottlieb, had "just...
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  • Places is the tenth album by the American folk music group The Kingston Trio, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music). It peaked at number three on the Billboard...
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    the Kingston Trio, Gottlieb was in the audience one night when Alex Hassilev and Glenn Yarbrough appeared on stage to sing a duet together at the Cosmo...
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  • folk song, "The Lonesome Valley," recorded by the Carter Family. "The Reverend Mr. Black" was recorded and released by The Kingston Trio in 1963 for their...
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  • Scotch and Soda (song) (category The Kingston Trio songs)
    Soda" is a song recorded by The Kingston Trio in 1958 and first released on the album The Kingston Trio; it also appeared on the live album Once Upon a Time...
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  • Prince (5) – 2016 Taylor Swift (5) – 2023 The Kingston Trio (4 for 5 consecutive weeks) – 1959 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (4) – 1966 Peter, Paul and...
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  • of the song include also R.E.M., NSYNC, Henri Salvador, Karl Denver, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Noro Morales, Miriam Makeba, and The Kingston Trio. In...
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  • Way is the ninth album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music). It reached number two on the Billboard...
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  • the Kingston Trio, a three-piece folk group who came to prominence in 1958 with their hit recording of "Tom Dooley". The Kingston Trio provided the template...
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  • Rod McKuen translated the lyrics into English. In 1964, the Kingston Trio first recorded an English version of "Seasons in the Sun", which was later heard...
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  • Close-Up is the eleventh album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music). (The Capitol Years gives the release...
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  • by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off...
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