The Kingston Trio

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American folk music group

The Kingston Trio was a hugely influential American folk group whose polished harmonies and commercial success in the late 1950s and early 1960s helped spark the nationwide folk music boom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Kingston Trio canonical	15
The Kingston Trio at the hungry i	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American folk music group ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance (for "Tom Dooley") ⓘ Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame Award (for "Tom Dooley")
basedIn	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
chartSuccess	multiple albums on the Billboard charts simultaneously in 1959 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	calypso-influenced folk ⓘ folk music ⓘ pop folk ⓘ traditional folk ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	college campus folk scene in the United States ⓘ commercialization of folk music ⓘ
hasPart	original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
influenced	American folk music revival ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ The Limeliters ⓘ surface form: The Chad Mitchell Trio The Limeliters ⓘ
instrument	acoustic guitar ⓘ banjo ⓘ upright bass ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Palo Alto, California ⓘ
member	Bill Zorn ⓘ Bob Flick ⓘ Bob Haworth ⓘ Bob Shane ⓘ Dave Guard ⓘ Frank Sanchez ⓘ George Grove ⓘ John Stewart ⓘ Josh Reynolds ⓘ Nick Reynolds ⓘ Paul Gabrielson ⓘ Rick Dougherty ⓘ Roger Gambill ⓘ
notableAlbum	At Large ⓘ Back in Town ⓘ Close-Up ⓘ Goin’ Places ⓘ Here We Go Again! ⓘ Make Way ⓘ New Frontier ⓘ Sold Out ⓘ String Along ⓘ The Kingston Trio self-link ⓘ The Last Month of the Year ⓘ Time to Think ⓘ …from the Hungry i ⓘ
notableEvent	helped spark the late-1950s and early-1960s folk music boom in the United States ⓘ
notableSingle	A Worried Man ⓘ Greenback Dollar ⓘ M.T.A. ⓘ Reverend Mr. Black ⓘ The Tijuana Jail ⓘ Tom Dooley ⓘ
notableWork	A Worried Man ⓘ M.T.A. ⓘ Scotch and Soda ⓘ Tom Dooley ⓘ Where Have All the Flowers Gone? ⓘ surface form: Where Have All the Flowers Gone
officialWebsite	https://www.kingstontrio.com/ ⓘ
peakPeriod	early 1960s ⓘ late 1950s ⓘ
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Curb Records ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ Folk Era Records ⓘ Silverwolf Records ⓘ Tetragrammaton Records ⓘ Xerox Records ⓘ
style	polished vocal harmonies ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American folk music revival → hasNotableFigure → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Charlie → firstPopularizedBy → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? → notableCoverArtist → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Tom Dooley → popularizedBy → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Tom Dooley → recordedBy → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

The Weavers → influenced → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

1959 Grammy Awards → notableWinner → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

The Kingston Trio → notableAlbum → The Kingston Trio self-link ⓘ

2nd Annual Grammy Awards → notableWinner → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Jamaica Farewell → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

Pay Me My Money Down → hasNotablePerformer → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

song "Oh Shenandoah" → hasRecordingBy → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

subject surface form: Oh Shenandoah

Sloop John B → notableRecordingArtist → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

hungry i, San Francisco → hasNotablePerformer → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

subject surface form: hungry i

hungry i, San Francisco → hasNotableRecording → The Kingston Trio ⓘ

subject surface form: hungry i

this entity surface form: The Kingston Trio at the hungry i

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair → notablePerformer → The Kingston Trio ⓘ