Peter Yarrow

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Peter Yarrow (born in New York City on 31 May 1938 ; died 7 January 2025) was an American singer remembered for co-founding the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary and for co-writing (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". Yarrow was awarded the Kate Wolf Memorial Award by the World Folk Music Association in 1993. He was also a political activist, lending his support to causes ranging from opposition to the Vietnam war to the creation of Operation Respect. Yarrow graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Art, now called LaGuardia High School. His singing career began after graduating from Cornell University, in 1959. Soon, Yarrow met Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers in New York City's Greenwich Village, center of the mid-20th century American folk music revival. By 1962, Warner Bros. Records released the trio's first album, the eponymous Peter, Paul & Mary. The album remained in the Top Ten for ten months, in the Top Twenty for two years, and sold more than two million copies. Yarrow's songwriting helped to create some of Peter, Paul & Mary's best-known songs, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon", "Day Is Done", "Light One Candle", and "The Great Mandala". Yarrow was instrumental in founding the New Folks Concert series at both the Newport Folk Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival. He released four solo albums during the 1970s and later the album "The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special" in 2010. In 20

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The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary

The Solo Recordings [1971-1972]

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Untitled Album

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New Music New Hope For Tsunami Relief

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Celebrate Hanukkah

The Solo Recordings (1971-1972)

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The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (US Release)

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You Are What You Eat - Original Soundtrack

Peter

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Puff the Magic Dragon

Hard Times

The Colonoscopy Song

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