With Lenny Lipton, Yarrow co-wrote the group’s iconic song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” which came out in 1963. Peter, Paul and Mary released 13 albums from 1962 to 2004. They won five Grammys ...
Peter Yarrow, known as part of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died, Fox News Digital can confirm. Yarrow passed away Tuesday in New York City with his family by his side, according to his ...
While in undergrad, Yarrow took the poem, which told the story of a dragon, and set it to music. The song was later featured on the 1963 album “Moving” by Peter, Paul and Mary, with Yarrow ...
The musician died on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at his home in New York City Al Pereira/Getty Peter Yarrow’s cause of death ... and performed “The Colonoscopy Song” on CBS’ The Early Show.
With Peter, Paul and Mary, the musician, who died on Tuesday at 86, eased folk songs into ... by the producer Joe Boyd, who was running the sound system at Newport in 1965, Yarrow was also at ...
Yarrow formed and contributed compositions to Peter, Paul and Mary. The folk music revival of the 1960s catapulted the group into stardom, as the trio found success with original songs like "Puff ...
The single was Peter, Paul and Mary's only U.S. No. 1 hit, and their last top-40 song before they disbanded in 1970. Also in 1970, Yarrow pleaded guilty to taking "improper and immoral liberties ...
"Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life," Yarrow's daughter, Bethany, said in a statement, alluding to the hit Peter, Paul and Mary song "Puff ...
Peter Yarrow, a five-time Grammy winner who co-founded ... Pete Seeger-Lee Hays standard “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song),” which drove their eponymous Warner Bros. Records debut studio ...
Even though Peter, Paul & Mary often shared lead vocals on their songs, Yarrow took the spotlight on a few of the trio's hit singles, including "Puff the Magic Dragon," which he cowrote.
While traditional songs and adaptations comprised the bulk of Peter, Paul and Mary’s catalog, they occasionally wrote originals. Yarrow was behind some of their biggest like their 1969 anti-war ...