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"Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or just "Puff") is an American folk song written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary from a poem by Leonard Lipton. It was made popular by Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1962 recording released in January 1963.
Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963.The third single, "Puff, the Magic Dragon," was a huge hit and a defining song for the trio, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Easy Listening, and #10 on the R&B Charts.
Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. Yarrow co-wrote (with Lenny Lipton ) one of the group's best known hits, " Puff, the Magic Dragon " (1963).
Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — which helped popularize Bob Dylan as the voice of a generation — co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic ...
The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Released: February 1967; Label: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts — — — 1970 The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together: Released: May 1970; Label: Warner Bros. 15 9 60 US: 2xPlatinum [4] 1972 The Most Beautiful Songs of Peter, Paul and Mary: Released: 1972; Label: Warner Bros. — — — 1998 Around the ...
Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It contains hits like " Puff the Magic Dragon ", among others. The album reached No. 12 on Billboard ' s Top LPs chart.
The thirteen cuts were taken from the trio's 1962 debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary (Lemon Tree, 500 Miles, If I Had a Hammer), and their follow-up albums: In the Wind (1963) (Blowin' in the Wind, Stewball, Don't Think Twice), Album 1700 (1967) (I Dig Rock and Roll Music, Leaving on a Jet Plane), (1963) (Puff), A Song Will Rise (1965) (For ...
Yarrow co-wrote and produced Mary MacGregor's Torn Between Two Lovers (No. 1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on "Puff the Magic Dragon". [15] While the group was de facto broken up and touring separately, it still managed to come together for a series of reunions before officially coming back together again.