Mark Pentleton

Today’s song dates from 1966. It was written by John Denver and recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. Leaving on a jet plane has been covered by various artists including Chantal Kreviazuk in the 1998 Armageddon soundtrack and more recently by Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester in the pilot episode of Glee.
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Today’s song is especially for my friends Lynn and Gordon Stewart and little Joshua who was born yesterday. It’s always been a favourite song of Joshua’s mum and I hope that Joshua enjoys listening to it some day! Congratulations to Lynn and Gordon, and welcome to the world, Joshua!
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It was touch and go there… I’ve had a really busy day with meetings in Glasgow most of the day then Parent Council at the school tonight and I almost completely forgot about 365songs! I normally have a few songs stored away in cases like this, but not tonight, so I’ve just recorded the 1974 [...]

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John Denver wrote this song for his mother and famously performed it at the centennial concert of the New York Met with Plácido Domingo. So this Mothers’ Day I’m dedicating this song to my own mum (maybe she’ll post a comment ), and to my wife Catriona, mum to our two boys. I [...]

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