Cited as an influence by recording artists as musically and generationally diverse as Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Eagles to comedian/banjo player Steve Martin to contemporary artists such as the multi-Grammy nominated Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers, The Kingston Trio occupies a unique, preeminent position in American musical history. 

The Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's pop-folk boom that started in '58 with the release of their debut and its hit recording of "Tom Dooley", which sold over 3 million copies as a single and was awarded the very first Grammy in the Country & Western Performance category in '59. They released 19 albums that made Billboard's Top 100, 14 of which ranked in the top 10, and 5 of which hit the No. 1 spot. Four of the group's LPs charted among the 10 top-selling albums for 5 weeks in November and December 1959, a record unmatched for more than 50 years, and the group still ranks in the all-time lists of many of Billboard's cumulative charts, including those for most weeks with a No. 1 album, most total weeks charting an album, most No. 1 albums, most consecutive No. 1 albums, and most top ten albums.

The songs and performances spotlighted in this fine collection are all bona fide hits, still a pleasure to hear and remember for years to come!