December 20, 1969 –
Peter, Paul & Mary’s cover of the John Denver song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, reached #1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The song turned out to be Peter, Paul and Mary’s biggest (and final) hit.
This was written by a very young John Denver, who was then a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio before beginning his solo career in the 1970s. Denver wrote this in 1967 during a layover at Washington airport, “Not so much from feeling that way for someone, but from the longing of having someone to love.”
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