Song:Wedding Song (There Is Love)
Album:The Very Best Of Peter, Paul and Mary
You might think that with all the success that Peter, Paul and Mary had in the 60s that they would have been a sure thing as solo artists. But it didn't really happen and they reunited in 1978. Noel Paul Stookey had the biggest chart success with Wedding Song (There Is Love) in 1971. And of course it's a wedding perennial today. He was born Nov. 30, 1937 in Baltimore. Though he was known as Paul in Peter, Paul and Mary, he was called Noel everywhere else. As a teen, he performed in rock bands and as a standup comic and moved to Greenwich Village in New York to become an entertainer. Of course his big break came when manager Albert Grossman and producer Milton Okun assembled Peter, Paul and Mary and they were a huge success in the 60s. Stookey became a born again Christian in 1968. When Peter, Paul and Mary split up in 1970, all three got solo contracts with Warner Bros. Stookey had the biggest hit when Wedding Song (There Is Love) reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Stookey wrote the song as a wedding gift to Peter Yarrow and of course the song is still a wedding standard. You can get it on this Peter, Paul and Mary comp. You might think that Stookey is wealthy from song royalties but he donates them to charity. Stookey moved to Maine in 1973 and started his Christian multimedia company Neworld. He not only produces music but children's videos and other things. Here's Noel Paul Stookey performing Wedding Song (There Is Love) 1971.
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