【How-to】Who wrote leaving on a jet plane

But his solo debut album, Rhymes & Reasons (RCA), was released in October 1969, 50 years ago, and it contained his version of the song that really put him on the map as a songwriter, “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” That tune appeared on Peter, Paul & Mary’s Top 20 1967 record called Album 1700, though “Leaving on a Jet Plane …