Has been covered many times since. In addition, it served as the basis for a 2007 book by Yarrow and Lipton and three animated television films.
However, the trio’s 1969 version of “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” which was written by a little-known John Denver at the time, was their greatest success. The record was Peter,
Paul, and Mary’s last top-40 single prior to their 1970 breakup and their only U.S. No. 1 smash. In 1970, Yarrow was sentenced to one to three years in jail, of which he spent three months,
After entering a guilty plea to having “improper and immoral liberties” with a 14-year-old female fan the previous year.
