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The Kingston Trio was formed in 1957 in the Palo Alto, California area by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Dave Guard, who were just out of college. Greatly influenced by The Weavers, the calypso sounds of Harry Belafonte, and other semi-popular folk artists such as the Gateway Singers and the Tarriers, they were discovered playing at a college club called the Cracked Pot by Frank Werber, a local publicist then working at the Hungry i. He became their manager, and secured them a one-shot deal with Capitol Records.
Their first hit was a catchy rendition of an old-time folk song, “Tom Dooley”, which went gold in 1958. It was so popular that it entered popular culture as a catchphrase: Ella Fitzgerald, for example, parodies it during her recorded version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. It won them the first Grammy award for Best Country & Western Performance in 1959. The next year, they won the first Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording category for the album The Kingston Trio at Large.
At one point in the early 1960s The Kingston Trio had four albums at the same time among the Top 10 selling albums, a record unmatched for nearly 40 years. In spite of this, they had a relatively small number of hit singles.
The group’s music was simple and accessible, with much use of tight vocal harmony, signature riffs (often played on the banjo), and repetitive choruses.
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noodel1988 Tom Dooley great song! Here is the story behind the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c16z6WSea-c (dutch television).
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borntogeek the kingston trio sing about the major issues at http://theozhiztoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/kingston-trio-tackles-major-issues.html
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dzidzitop oldcool
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zedshtein oh...it's sweet
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yJURAy oldschool
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vigil438 grew up listening to these guys gotta love old hippie parents
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Choirchick22 <3
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dbwb Greenback Dollar
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GedasB and I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar
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NoeLennon one of my dads fav's.... I even got to see them live in ogdensburgh NY in about 1989 or so...
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u2martyman Greatest band ever.
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Wethand Yeah, pretty cool! I like them.
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xnrat I discovered them through the Thank You For Smoking OST. When I got the Capitol Years box-set I couldn't stop listening to it.
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mrsdbcolny aok
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kArPeX AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT A GREENBACK DOLLAR...awesome xD
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LondonLouis First time I've heard them in decades. Don't think they've worn too well. A little bit too genteel. ...... but they were big in their time, and important in the revitalisation of folk.
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Twiggystickstoo This, as I remember listening to,was the grassroots music of the flower children and the hippies of which Peter Paul & Mary & Dylan's music began.
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meanmrmustard Geeze.
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ulovemadde Så fina "pojkar"välsjungande,delade med sig på Universiteten,gratis nästan, i en tid då vår värld närde ett litet hopp om en ljusare framtid, i skuggan av 2 världskriget,banjon trollband mina öron,min sårade själ fick balsam och lindring,jag sprang barfota i sommaren,till skivbutiken,där söta flickor ,plockade fram KINGSTON TRIO.... Lp för 9:90 och jag skyndade hem,trummande på gatstenarna,lagda för hand av hårt arbetande äkta jobbare i Östersunds begynnande 1900 tals framtid...du ska vandra ensam i den långsamma dalgången... och i själens öron ,så kliver banjon,gitarren,basen,sången...från en svunnen tid. TACK KINGSTON TRIO !!!!! ni gav mig balsam och lite hopp.
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meanmrmustard
They are pretty popular, but I'd imagine most of their fans don't use last.FM
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