The Kingston Trio

Band
Folk Revival

The Kingston Trio was a vocal and string group formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1957 whose 1958 hit “Tom Dooley” carried folk songs onto the pop charts and set off the folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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  • Founded by Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds; John Stewart replaced Guard in 1961.
  • “Tom Dooley” reached number one on the Billboard chart in November 1958 and won the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Recording.
  • Placed fourteen albums in the Billboard top ten, five of them at number one.
  • Bob Shane
    Played on recording with The Kingston Trio
  • John Stewart
    Played on recording with The Kingston Trio
  • Nick Reynolds
    Played on recording with The Kingston Trio

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