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• Award winning country influenced folk singer and songwriter John Denver rose to fame in the 1970s. Denver's songs reflected his deep love of nature, especially the Rocky Mountains in his adopted home state of Colorado. Some of his best albums included the singles "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Thank God I'm a Country Boy".

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
  2. Born: December 31, 1943
  3. Birthplace: Roswell, New Mexico
  4. Died: October 12, 1997
  5. Grammy Awards: 2
  6. AMA Awards: 4
  7. 1996: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
  8. "Rocky Mountain High" official state song of Colorado
  9. Wrote "Annies's Song" for his then-wife, Annie Denver

• Partial Discography

  • 1968 Something to Sing About
  • 1969 Rhymes and Reasons
  • 1970 Take Me To Tomorrow
  • 1970 Whose Garden Was This?
  • 1971 Poems, Prayers and Promises
  • 1972 Aerie
  • 1972 Rocky Mountain High
  • 1973 Farewell Andromeda
  • 1973 John Denver's Greatest Hits
  • 1974 Back Home Again
  • 1975 An Evening With John Denver
  • 1975 Windsong
  • 1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas
  • 1976 Spirit
  • 1977 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
  • 1977 I Want To Live
  • 1979 John Denver
  • 1979 A Christmas Together
  • 1980 Autograph
  • 1981 Some Days Are Diamonds
  • 1982 Seasons Of The Heart
  • 1982 Rocky Mountain Holiday
  • 1983 It's About Time
  • 1984 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3
  • 1994 The Very Best of John Denver
  • 1995 The WIldlife Concert
  • 1995 The John Denver Collection
  • 1996 The Rocky Mountain Collection
  • 1996 Love Again
  • 1997 All Aboard!
  • 1998 Rocky Mountain High: The Very Best of John Denver
  • 1998 Forever John

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