Peter, Paul & Mary

Though they were dismissed by folk purists at the time for being too pop, Peter, Paul and Mary did more than anyone else to bring folk music into the mainstream in the early 1960s. Not only did they champion traditional folk music, they were the first to popularize the work of Bob Dylan; their versions of Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" reached the Top 10 in 1963, when Dylan was still largely unknown. The trio broke up in 1970, but after their reunion in 1978 they have periodically toured and released music into the 21st century, despite Mary Travers's battle with leukemia.

• Carolyn Hester
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Ian & Sylvia
• Joan Baez
• Judy Collins
• Mimi & Richard Farina
• Richie Havens
• Simon & Garfunkel
• The Kingston Trio
• The Mamas & The Papas
• The Rooftop Singers
• The Tarriers
• Tom Paxton
• Trini Lopez
• We Five

• Bob Dylan
• Cisco Houston
• Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem
• Jean Redpath
• Jean Ritchie
• Josh White
• Leadbelly
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott
• The Carter Family
• The Weavers
• Tommy Makem
• Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly

• America (Rock)
• Bread
• Eclection
• Gordon Bok
• Janis Ian
• Jefferson Airplane
• John Denver

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