Puff, the Magic Dragon

1963 single by Peter, Paul and Mary
VisualArtwork single Q2117625
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Puff, the Magic Dragon is a visual artwork associated with the genre of traditional folk music.

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Summary

Puff, the Magic Dragon is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,097 views/month, #100 of 23,006).[2]

Key Facts

  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's genre is traditional folk music[4].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon followed If I Had a Hammer[5].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon was produced by Albert Grossman[6].
  • Among the performers on Puff, the Magic Dragon was Peter, Paul and Mary[7].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's record label is recorded as Warner Music Group[8].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon is part of Moving[9].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's Commons category is recorded as Puff, the Magic Dragon[10].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon was released on January 1963[12].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Puff, the Magic Dragon'}[13].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea'}[14].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Puff, era un drac màgic, que vivia al fons del mar'}[15].
  • Puff, the Magic Dragon's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.'}[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[17]

  • First release date: 1963-02[18]

  • Genre(s): folk rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: folk rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 96dc3087-fb61-45ff-a117-5a2aa6582a1b[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Puff, the Magic Dragon was Peter, Paul and Mary[7]. It was produced by Albert Grossman[6].

Publication

Puff, the Magic Dragon was published on January 1963[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is traditional folk music[4]. It is part of Moving[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Puff, the Magic Dragon followed If I Had a Hammer[5].

Why It Matters

Puff, the Magic Dragon ranks in the top 0.43% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,097 views/month, #100 of 23,006).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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