| "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | ||||
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| Single by Peter, Paul and Mary | ||||
| from the album Moving | ||||
| B-side | "Pretty Mary" | |||
| Released | January 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop, folk, Children’s music | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Leonard Lipton Peter Yarrow | |||
| Producer(s) | Albert Grossman | |||
| Peter, Paul and Mary singles chronology | ||||
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"Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or just "Puff") is a song written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary from a poem by Leonard Lipton. It was made popular by Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1962 recording released in January 1963.
Lipton wrote a poem about a dragon in 1959,[1] and, when Yarrow found it, he wrote the lyrics to "Puff" based on the poem. After the song was released, Yarrow searched for Lipton to give him credit for the song.[2]
- ^ Lipton, Lenny. "Lenny Lipton". Lennylipton. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Puff The Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary". SongFacts. Retrieved May 31, 2017.