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Peter Yarrow, of "Peter, Paul and Mary", has passed on, at the fine age of 86. I can't help but get really emotional whenever I hear that song, "Leaving on a Jet Plane", released in 1970. I've always felt that this song was the 60's, saying goodbye, a decade unlike most others. A simplicity that still remained would leave all of us as of the turbulent 70's, an innocence would never return. I was 4 years old as of 1970. So, R.I P , Paul, and in salute ... "So kiss me, and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you'll never let me go, I'm leaving, on a Jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.
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Osi
I always thought it was a 60s record so checked it out, it was released as a Studio Album 1700 back in 1967. There music was brilliant, remember "Puff the Magic Dragon"?
Anyway here is a remaster of "Leaving on a Jet Plane" -
This one from 1966, that era seems like a million years ago now. I was 14 when this was played on the radio, never forgot it.
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"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written and recorded by American singer John Denver[1] in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings. Its original title was "Babe I Hate to Go". He made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas of that year.[2] Denver's then-producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title; it was renamed "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in 1967.
In 1969, folk group Peter, Paul and Mary's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, their most successful single. It also reached number one in Canada and number two in the United Kingdom.
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It was technically, a 1970 song as well, as it hit number on in December 1969, but was still well on the charts into 1970. Such a different time ... I find myself, quite often, lost in time, but what a time to be lost in. Another song, from 1969, also tugs at my heart strings as well, "Come Saturday Morning", by the Sandpipers.Comment
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