and covers of iconic Bob Dylan songs like Blowin' in the Wind and more. While Mary Travers is primarily known for her work with the folk trio, she also released five solo albums when Peter ...
Peter Yarrow, the pioneering folk musician who found massive success as part of the musical trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, has died at the age of 86, according to the Associated Press.
Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of 'Puff,the Magic Dragon' has died.
Peter, Paul, and Mary broke up in 1970, after nine albums. Like his bandmates, Yarrow intended to pursue a solo career, but he had pleaded guilty to sexually molesting a 14-year-old fan the year prior.
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 after battling bladder cancer.
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war,
Yarrow wrote the music for the group’s best-known composition, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with lyrics by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton. The song became a standard both at summer camps and in
Peter Yarrow, who has died aged 86, was the Peter in Peter, Paul and Mary, the American singing trio which took folk music into the commercial mainstream in the 1960s.
Peter Yarrow, one of three singers in the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. He was 86. Yarrow passed away Tuesday after a four-year battle with bladder cancer, his publicist confirmed to the Guardian.
The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.
Peter Sinfield, co-founder and lyricist of King Crimson, died at the age of 80. He worked with the band for their first four albums, and later went on to collaborate with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music, Cher and more.
Yarrow's career was later overshadowed after he was convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl. Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary, Dead at 86