“Puff, the Magic Dragon” remains a popular song for children. It’s also one of the most famous tracks from Peter, Paul and Mary’s career. Its popularity stems from both the song itself and the ...

Turns out De Niro's Byrnes wasn't as na ve about drug innuendos as we thought. During an interview last week, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary), recalled the night in 1959 when the song was written ...

Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic Dragon” — a ballad performed by the trio Peter, Paul and Mary that has ...

Back in 1963, at the ripe young age of 10, I was finding a liking of certain music and musical groups to put in my mental cache and focus on while listening to our local radio stations, or while ...

Thank goodness for dinner parties! Not only did we enjoy a superb meal and fine wines, but I got the inspiration for this column. One of the trivia buff guests regaled me with his story of a ...

Lenny Lipton, the New York-native who wrote the lyrics to what became Peter, Paul and Mary’s popular folk song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” died on Oct. 5 from brain cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical ...

EXCLUSIVE: At age 83, Noel Paul Stookey still has plenty to say. The singer/songwriter, known as the "Paul" in the ‘60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, recently released "Just Causes," a compilation ...

Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic Dragon” — a ballad performed by the trio Peter, Paul and Mary that has ...

Lenny Lipton, who as a college freshman wrote the lyrics to the classic folk tune “Puff the Magic Dragon,” and then used the song’s bountiful royalties to fund years of pioneering research in 3D ...