Puff and the incredible Mr. Nobody is loosely based on what song that was made popular in a 1963 recording by Peter, Paul and Mary?
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Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody is a 30-minute animated television film loosely based on the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow. The title character was voiced by Burgess Meredith, and the film also featured the voice of David Mendenhall. The special first aired May 17, 1982 on CBS. This was the last "Puff the Magic Dragon" special.
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Puff, the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or "Puff") is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19626.
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The Sound of Silence "The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City for inclusion on their debut album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.".
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(You Can) Depend on Me "(You Can) Depend on Me" (TAMLA 54028), was a 1959 song by Motown Records group The Miracles, which also appeared on the group's first album, Hi... We're The Miracles (released in 1961). It also appeared as the "B" side of the group's hit single, "Way Over There." It was written by Motown Records' President and founder Berry Gordy and Miracles member William "Smokey" Robinson. While not charting nationally, this song was a very popular regional hit tune in many areas of the country, so much so, in fact, that it was included on the group's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits from the Beginning, and Smokey still sings it, by request, in his live shows today.
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She's Leaving Home "She's Leaving Home" is a Lennon–McCartney song, released in 1967 on the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon wrote the chorus, which they sang together. Neither George Harrison nor Ringo Starr was involved in the recording. The song's instrumental background was performed entirely by a small string orchestra arranged by Mike Leander, and was one of only a handful of Beatles songs in which the members did not play any instruments on the recording.
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With a Little Help from My Friends "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" issued worldwide in June 1967. The song was written for and sung by the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr as the character "Billy Shears". The song, paired with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and featuring "A Day in the Life" as its B-side, was reissued as a single in the U.S. in August 1978 (#71) and in the U.K. in September 1978 (#63). "With a Little Help from My Friends" was ranked No. 311 on "Rolling Stone"' s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Your Old Standby "Your Old Standby" is a song written by Motown songwriters Smokey Robinson and Janie Bradford and released as a single by Motown star Mary Wells in 1963. The record marked her third top forty pop single to come out in 1963.
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I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful) "I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)" is a popular song.
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Follow the Boys (song) "Follow the Boys" is a 1963 song that was used as the theme song to the 1963 comedy film of the same name and was also a Top 20 hit for Connie Francis.
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Up on the Roof (song) "Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters: released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart. In the UK it was a top ten success for singer Kenny Lynch, whose version was also released in 1962.
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I Go to Pieces "I Go to Pieces" is a song written by Del Shannon which became a Top Ten hit for Peter and Gordon in 1965.
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Marsha Albert Marsha Albert (born 1948) is credited with being the person who jump-started the early 1960s phenomena known as Beatlemania in the United States when as a 15-year-old girl, on 17 December 1963, she introduced for the first time on American radio a song written and recorded by The Beatles titled I Want to Hold Your Hand (the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide), and that Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer noted, in 2004, by his stating "Marsha Albert's actions forced a major record company to push up the release date of a debut single from an unknown band during the holiday season, a time when record companies traditionally released no new product."
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If You Need Me "If You Need Me" is a 1963 song co-written and originally recorded by Wilson Pickett. It was made into a bigger hit by Solomon Burke, who sent the song to #2 on the R&B charts that year.
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You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" is a popular song written by Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, and James Cavanaugh and published in 1944.
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A Collection of Beatles Oldies A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles. Issued in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs released by the group between 1963 and 1966. The compilation served as a stopgap release to satisfy EMI's demand for product during the Christmas period, since the Beatles had only begun the recording for their new studio album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", late the previous month. The album was the band's first official greatest hits collection.
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Day Is Done (Peter, Paul and Mary song) "Day Is Done" is a song written by Peter Yarrow. It was recorded by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary and released as a single in 1969. The song reached No. 21 on "Billboard" Hot 100, and was ranked No. 48 on the "Billboard" year-end Top Easy Listening Singles chart of 1969.
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Chim Chim Cher-ee "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from "Mary Poppins", the 1964 musical motion picture. It was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews, and also is featured in the Cameron Mackintosh/Disney "Mary Poppins" musical. The song can be heard in the "Mary Poppins" scene of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios and during the "Mary Poppins" segment of "" at Disneyland.
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Your Auntie Grizelda "Your Auntie Grizelda" is a song whose words were written by Diane Hildebrand and whose music was composed by Jack Keller, and which was made famous by The Monkees. The song appeared on both the TV series and the 1967 album "More of The Monkees."
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Ain't Nobody "Ain't Nobody" is a song recorded by the American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, as a bonus track for their live album "Stompin' at the Savoy". "Ain't Nobody" quickly gathered popularity, and reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart, and number twenty-two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. It has become one of Khan's signature songs.
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One Fine Day (song) "One Fine Day" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular hit in the summer of 1963 for the American girl group The Chiffons, who reached the top five on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In 1980, King covered her own song and charted at number 12 on the Hot 100 with her version. The song has subsequently been covered by numerous artists over the years.
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Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's greatest hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He is also a political activist and has supported causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam War to the creation of Operation Respect, an organization that promotes tolerance and civility in schools.