The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.

Their songs, including “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and “If I Had a Hammer,” have stuck with their fans over a long period of time. Peter, Paul, and Mary were ...

Even though Peter, Paul & Mary often shared lead vocals on their songs, Yarrow took the spotlight on a few of the trio's hit singles, including "Puff the Magic Dragon," which he cowrote.

With Peter, Paul and Mary, the musician, who died on Tuesday at 86, eased folk songs into the Top 10. By Jon Pareles Near the end of “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic that centers on ...

Aside from their commercial success, Peter, Paul & Mary had tremendous cultural impact. Their third album, In the Wind, contained three songs by a then-mostly-unknown Bob Dylan. Two of those ...

Peter, Paul and Mary were known for hits like “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done” and “Light One Candle,” and had a No. 1 hit with a cover of John Denver’s “Leaving on a Jet ...

The folk singer was a third of the band Peter, Paul and Mary and he co-wrote songs like Puff the Magic Dragon, The Great Mandala, and Day Is Done. The band has six US Top 10 singles and five Top ...

Vocalist Peter Yarrow, best known for singing with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died at the age of ... He wrote or cowrote many of the trio’s songs including the popular “Puff, the ...

Yarrow formed and contributed compositions to Peter, Paul and Mary. The folk music revival of the 1960s catapulted the group into stardom, as the trio found success with original songs like "Puff ...