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(formed in New York in 1966). In 1967, Barooshian appeared in ''

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'', a documentary film produced by

Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame for being in the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's best known hits, " Puff, the Magic Dragon". He ...

of folk group

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. In the film, Barooshian performed the

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hit "

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" with Tiny Tim. She sang the male part while Tiny sang the female. Yarrow cast them after seeing them perform at

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in New York. Following the break-up of the Cake in 1968, Barooshian and fellow Cake member Jeanette Jacobs toured with

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and subsequently moved to the UK, where they became part of

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. Barooshian also recorded an album in Japan with

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. The

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song "Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her)" from the LP ''

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'' (1970) was written about Barooshian. She died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 66.

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