(December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, activist, actor, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer, starting in the 1970s. He was one of the most popular ...
Country Road is a classic folk rock song written by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in 1971 as a single from his album Poems, Prayers & Promises. The song has since become one of Denver's most popular and enduring hits, praised for its catchy melody, heartfelt lyri...
Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert originally started writing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" forJohnny Cash. But, when Denver learned of the track, he requested to help finish it and decided to include it on one of his records. "I played him what I had of "Country Roads," and he said, '...
Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert originally started writing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" forJohnny Cash. But, when Denver learned of the track, he requested to help finish it and decided to include it on one of his records. "I played him what I had of "Country Roads," and he said, '...
Many Americans will travel over the winter holidays, often to return to the homes and towns of their childhood. For people from the state of West Virginia, and wider Appalachia, one song comes to mind on the trip...
John Denver was a wildly successful folk artist whose forays into country music earned him the genre’s most prestigious awards. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Rocky Mountain High” are two songs that still live on in the 21st century. “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” (1975) is...
Longest span of No.1 hits on the US Hot Country Songs chart First country singer to be nominated for the EGOT Most Grammy nominations for a female country artist “I am humbled every time I receive a new Guinness World Record title,” Parton said.Trending...
it becomes obvious that the song and albumWhoever’s in New Englandcapture the singer in between her traditionalist run and her future as a popular hitmaker. She doesn’t abandon honky-tonk weepers (“You Can Take the Wings Off Me”) while embracing the peppier material (“Little Rock”)...
This list of female artists proves that while there's still imbalance, there's a growing movement to achieve equality. Women are paving new roads and holding doors open for other women in ways their male counterparts are not. These women lead by example as well as going out of their way ...
This list of female artists proves that while there's still imbalance, there's a growing movement to achieve equality. Women are paving new roads and holding doors open for other women in ways their male counterparts are not. These women lead by example as well as going out of their way ...