Early in the 21st century, he was the third most successful adult contemporary artist in the history of the Billboard charts. His career began in the 1960s and he has sold over 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time.
Neil Diamond an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Denver was an avid pilot and died in a single-fatality crash of his personal experimental aircraft at the age of 53. The Colorado state legislature also adopted “Rocky Mountain High” as one of its state songs in 2007. He lived in Aspen, Colorado for much of his life and was named poet laureate of the state in 1974. He was known for his love of the state of Colorado, which he sang about numerous times. In the following decade, he continued to record, but also focused on calling attention to environmental issues, lent his vocal support to space exploration, and testified in front of Congress to protest against censorship in music. Denver’s music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him twelve gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, “Annie’s Song”, “Rocky Mountain High”, “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”, and “Sunshine on My Shoulders”.ĭenver further starred in films and several notable television specials in the 1970s and 1980s. He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his disdain for city life, his enthusiasm for music, and his relationship trials.
Throughout his life, Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed, with total record sales of over 33 million. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists.īy 1974, he was firmly established as America’s best-selling performer, and AllMusic has described Denver as “among the most beloved entertainers of his era”. 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.
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