Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), [3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor.He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best selling artists in that decade. [4]
"Take Me Home, Country Roads", or Country Roads, Take Me Home also known simply as "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
This page is a comprehensive discography of American folk musician John Denver.Denver had four number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, all achieved between 1973 and 1975: "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry".
The group began as Fat City, a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. [2]Danoff and Nivert co-wrote the song "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and then, with John Denver, "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which became a hit single in 1971 and became an official song of West Virginia in 2014. [3]
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the album "features all of John Denver's greatest hits" while also noting that "For those who want to dig deeper than the greatest-hits collections, or want to pass by those individual volumes in favor of one set, The Rocky Mountain Collection is an ideal purchase."
Denver, who had injured his thumb in a car crash hours before, arrived at Danoff and Nivert's apartment in the early hours of the morning, where the trio finished the song. The next night, all three performed the completed song, with Nivert holding the lyric sheet, and instead of being offered to Johnny Cash it became a hit song for Denver on ...
John Denver: Live at Red Rocks (1982) Televised concert … Himself, starring; John Denver: Music and the Mountains (1981) (TV) … Himself; John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind (1981) (TV) … Himself; SportsWorld John Denver Celebrity 4th Annual Ski Pro Am (1981) (TV) ... Himself - host; The Tomorrow Show
Reeder sang for fifteen years with John Denver in live concerts, on television and recordings including Dreamland Express and It's About Time. She sang live duets with Denver as well as performing as a background singer and stayed in contact with Denver's mother after he died in a plane crash. [2] She also co-wrote the Denver song "Thanks to ...