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The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" are based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, then a 19-year-old Cornell University student. [1] Lipton drew inspiration from Ogden Nash's poem "The Tale of Custard the Dragon".
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.
Lipton was 19 when he wrote the poem that was adapted into the lyrics for the 1963 song "Puff, the Magic Dragon", performed by Peter, Paul and Mary. His inspiration was a 1936 Ogden Nash poem, "The Tale of Custard the Dragon". "Pirates and dragons, back then, were common interests in stories for boys", Lipton said.
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 ...
According to the flow of the times, they derived a way to change the lyrics of their songs; boys in the "Puff" became girls and boys, and dark side in the "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" became black side. Some of their new songs, like "Don't Go Down To The Quarry" that criticizes an evil bet, continue the tradition of protest songs. The ...
Peter Yarrow, who was one third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” died Tuesday morning at his home in New York City “with ...
Peter, Paul and Mary is the debut studio album by American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in May 1962 on Warner Bros. Records. [5] Released in both mono and stereo on catalog no. 1449, it is one of the rare folk albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart in the US, where it remained for over a month.
Puff, the Magic Dragon: 2002 – – Leonard Lipton / Peter Yarrow-Night of Nights... Live! EMI Music: Michael Cristiano: 2:58 Rattler: 1967: Bruce Woodley – – Seekers Seen in Green: Columbia Records, EMI Music: Keith Grant/The Seekers: 2:51 Red Rubber Ball: 1966: Bruce Woodley: Paul Simon – Come the Day (a.k.a. Georgy Girl) Columbia ...