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{{About|the song by [[wikipedia:Noel Stookey|Noel "Paul" Stookey]] of [[wikipedia:Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul and Mary]]|the song by [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] |The Wedding Song (David Bowie song)}} | {{About|the song by [[wikipedia:Noel Stookey|Noel "Paul" Stookey]] of [[wikipedia:Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul and Mary]]|the song by [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] |wikipedia:The Wedding Song (David Bowie song)}} | ||
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Stookey recorded "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" for his solo album ''Paul and'', which was released on July 23, 1971. On this track he accompanied himself on a [[wikipedia:Twelve-string guitar|12-string guitar]] tuned a tone and a half down. On June 28, 1971, "Wedding Song" was issued as an advance single from the ''Paul and'' album. It reached No. 24 on the [[wikipedia:Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in ''[[wikipedia:Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and reached No. 3 on the [[wikipedia:Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title = Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 |last = Whitburn |first = Joel |author-link = Joel Whitburn |year = 2002 |publisher = Record Research |page = 234 }}</ref> Internationally, Stookey reached No. 31 in Canada and No. 55 in Australia with "Wedding Song". | Stookey recorded "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" for his solo album ''Paul and'', which was released on July 23, 1971. On this track he accompanied himself on a [[wikipedia:Twelve-string guitar|12-string guitar]] tuned a tone and a half down. On June 28, 1971, "Wedding Song" was issued as an advance single from the ''Paul and'' album. It reached No. 24 on the [[wikipedia:Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in ''[[wikipedia:Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and reached No. 3 on the [[wikipedia:Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title = Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 |last = Whitburn |first = Joel |author-link = Joel Whitburn |year = 2002 |publisher = Record Research |page = 234 }}</ref> Internationally, Stookey reached No. 31 in Canada and No. 55 in Australia with "Wedding Song". | ||
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"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" is a song written by Noel Paul Stookey in the fall of 1969 and first performed at the wedding of Peter Yarrow - Stookey's co-member of Peter, Paul and Mary - to Mary Beth McCarthy at St Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar MN: Stookey was best man at the ceremony which took place in the evening of October 18, 1969. | "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" is a song written by Noel Paul Stookey in the fall of 1969 and first performed at the wedding of Peter Yarrow - Stookey's co-member of Peter, Paul and Mary - to Mary Beth McCarthy at St Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar MN: Stookey was best man at the ceremony which took place in the evening of October 18, 1969. | ||