Many suspected 'Puff The Magic Dragon' to be subtly about smoking marijuana, but the writer insisted it was just a tale about innocence lost.

Peter Yarrow was convicted, served time in jail, received a presidential pardon and explicitly acknowledged and apologized, ...

Yarrow's conviction for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl taints his music, writes the director of the Women's Rabbinic ...

Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...

On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...

January’s music losses include Marianne Faithfull, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary, Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, Wayne Osmond ...

“Puff, the Magic Dragon” was released in January of 1963 by the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in March of 1963. The song was ...

They were 32. Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and a prominent social activist, died Jan. 7 at his home ...

Ease” is different from any I’ve ever written, but it dovetails nicely with Executive Editor Christina Myers’ recent Sunday ...

Yarrow, who co-wrote the group's most enduring song, "Puff the Magic Dragon," died Tuesday in ...