Jan 7, 2025 · The song was one of the group’s most successful on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2 on the tally in May 1963.

Jan 7, 2025 · Peter Yarrow, one-third of the iconic folk troubadours Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at the age of 86 in his Manhattan home, New York Times confirmed with Yarrow's publicist. Yarrow had battled bladder cancer for the past four years.

Jan 7, 2025 · As Peter, Paul and Mary, the three saw enormous success in the early 1960s, spurred on by a song Yarrow co-wrote, " Puff, the Magic Dragon." The group would notch six Top 10 hits on the...

Jan 7, 2025 · Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of 'Puff,the Magic Dragon' has died.

Jan 7, 2025 · The 1964 single rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and in the years since has been covered innumerable times. It also inspired three animated television films, as well as a 2007 ...

Jan 7, 2025 · The group would notch six Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1969, and earn five Grammy awards. Yarrow was a political activist throughout his life, and wrote the anti-Vietnam War protest song " Day Is Done," released by Peter, Paul and Mary in 1969.

Jan 7, 2025 · He co-wrote and sang lead on one of the group’s biggest commercial hits, “ Puff the Magic Dragon,” which he based on a poem by Leonard Lipton and which reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100...

Jan 7, 2025 · During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys.

Jan 7, 2025 · As Peter, Paul and Mary, the three saw enormous success in the early 1960s, spurred on by a song Yarrow co-wrote, " Puff, the Magic Dragon." The group would notch six Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1969, and earn five Grammy awards.

Jan 7, 2025 · Since 1961, Yarrow’s tenor, Travers’ contralto, and Noel Paul Stookey’s baritone delivered an irreplaceable harmony to Peter, Paul, and Mary’s music, spanning the trio’s 1962 eponymous debut...