Peter Bellamy
Peter Franklyn Bellamy was an English folk singer who was born in 1944. He
achieved professional recognition as a founding member of the trio The Young
Tradition alongside Royston Wood and Heather Wood. The ensemble is famous for
performing traditional songs in close harmony and released three studio albums
before disbanding in 1969. Bellamy’s solo discography includes the studio
recordings Mainly Norfolk (1968), Fair England’s Shore (1968), and Oak Ash and
Thorn (1970). He is noted for his ballad-opera The Transports (1977), which
received critical acclaim as the folk record of ...
