{"id":1008,"date":"2026-11-02T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:26:25","slug":"mm-1961-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/11\/02\/mm-1961-4\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-700x525.png 700w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Paul &amp; Mary - Lemon tree (live &amp; lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D38DXCgbUIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Lemon Tree&#8221; is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folk_music\">folk<\/a> song written by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Will_Holt\">Will Holt<\/a> in the late 1950s. It was inspired by a Brazilian song, <em>Meu lim\u00e3o meu limoeiro<\/em>, originally written in 1930.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meu_lim%C3%A3o,_meu_limoeiro\">Meu lim\u00e3o, meu limoeiro<\/a>, arranged by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Burle?action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Jos\u00e9 Carlos Burle<\/a> in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilson_Simonal\">Wilson Simonal<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon_Tree_(Will_Holt_song)#cite_note-1\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>The song compares love to a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon\">lemon tree<\/a>: &#8220;Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 1965, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trini_Lopez\">Trini Lopez<\/a> recorded the most successful version of the song, which hit number twenty on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100<\/a> and number two on the <em>Billboard<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)\">Middle Road Singles<\/a> chart.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon_Tree_(Will_Holt_song)#cite_note-2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>\u201cI remember meeting Trini Lopez,\u201d Holt told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portland_Magazine\">Portland Magazine<\/a><\/em> in 2013. \u201cHe was a sweet guy, really charming. I heard his version of \u2018Lemon Tree,\u2019 and I thought, that&#8217;s another take of the song.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The song has also been recorded by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mwLQ\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary\">Peter, Paul and Mary<\/a> (1962), this version marked the trio&#8217;s first appearance on the US Hot 100.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon_Tree_(Will_Holt_song)#cite_note-5\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>It charted at #35.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Impressions\">The Impressions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad_&amp;_Jeremy\">Chad &amp; Jeremy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Kingston_Trio\">The Kingston Trio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Seekers\">The Seekers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wailers\">The Wailers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herb_Alpert_and_the_Tijuana_Brass\">Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass<\/a> (1965), on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whipped_Cream_&amp;_Other_Delights\">Whipped Cream &amp; Other Delights<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandie_Shaw\">Sandie Shaw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Whittaker\">Roger Whittaker<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Low-Maintenance Perennials as &#8220;Lemon Peel Mmm (Live At Altamont)&#8221; on Jurassic Park: The Album<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lord Bill Barnes (1966) on <em>The Greatest Calypso Hits<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . &#8220;Lemon Tree&#8221; is a folk song written by Will Holt in the late 1950s. It was inspired by a Brazilian song, Meu lim\u00e3o meu limoeiro, originally written in 1930. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu lim\u00e3o, meu limoeiro, arranged by Jos\u00e9 Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}