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One of the world's best-known and best-loved performers, John Denver earned international acclaim as a songwriter, performer, actor, environmentalist and humanitarian. John’s music has spanned three decades, outlasted countless musical trends, and garnered numerous music awards and honors, including a 1996 Induction into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and in 1993, the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Music award.

The son of a U.S Air Force officer, John’s artistic journey began after the family moved to Tucson, where at age eleven, he was given his grandmother’s guitar. John eventually took up guitar lessons and joined a boy’s choir, which led him at age 20 to take matters into his own hands and pursue his dream of a career in music.

In 1963 he struck out on his own, moving to Los Angeles to be in the heart of the burgeoning music scene. It was during this time that Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was urged by friends to change his name if a recording career was to be in his future. His friends suggested the name John Sommerville, but he ultimately took his stage name from the beautiful Rocky Mountain capital city of Colorado, his home state.
John Denver experienced his first major break in the music industry when he was chosen from 250 other hopefuls as lead singer for the popular Mitchell Trio. Two years and three albums later, John had honed his considerable vocal talent and developed his own song writing style. He soon gained recognition when his song Leaving On A Jet Plane was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, becoming their first and only Number One hit.

Less than two years later, after the trio disbanded, John himself was climbing up the Pop charts with songs like “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “Rocky Mountain High,” “Sunshine On My Shoulders,” “Annie’s Song,” “Back Home Again,” “Thank God I’m A Country Boy,” and “Calypso,” –solidifying his position as one of the top stars of the decade.

Denver's concert tours reached millions globally. The world embraced John - captivated by each new release, including 14 gold albums and 8 platinum albums in the U.S as well as numerous gold and platinum sales overseas.
All of this emerged as a reflection of John’s personal growth and artistic evolution. By his third album in 1970, John’s social and political leanings were defined more clearly. John was one of the first artists to share an environmental message through his music, beginning with the song “Whose Garden Was This?”. This was the first in a long line of songs that he wrote about the environment. .

Fans responded to his environmental and humanitarian messages, heartfelt urgings towards the earth, peace, and compassion that were consistently communicated in a gentle manner on his records and at live performances.

His passion to help create a global community paved the way for ventures into new musical and geographic territories. In 1985 he was invited by the Soviet Union of Composers to perform in their country, inspiring the internationally acclaimed song “Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)”, which was featured on John’s 25th album “One World”. (cont...)
A separate and unique version of the song was recorded in Moscow as a duet with the well-known Soviet singer Alexandre Gradsky. That recording was the first time a Soviet artist was allowed to perform on a record with a major American singer. The powerful video of “Let Us Begin” moved viewers around the world.

“I thought that I might be able to do something to further the cause of East/West understanding. (This) seemed like a good time to see the face behind all the propaganda. The Russians say that the first swallow of spring won’t make the weather for the whole season, but it can mark the turn toward a warmer climate. I tried to be that swallow.”

The success of his visit paved the way for a concert tour of the USSR in 1986. These were the first performances by an American artist since the cold war began - an unprecedented cultural exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. He returned to the USSR in 1987 to do a benefit concert for the victims of Chernobyl..
John was also the first artist from the West to do a multi-city tour of Mainland China, in October 1992. He was somewhat astonished to discover how popular and well known his songs were with the Chinese. "Country Roads," he was told, "is the most famous song written in the West."

John also contributed his talents to the benefit of many charitable and environmental causes and has received numerous civic and humanitarian awards over the years.

Today, millions of fans, old and new, enjoy the work of this extraordinary performer. 30 albums and three decades after he began, John Denver’s music is as relevant as ever. His humanitarian work continues to strengthen our global village, and his dynamic celebration of life, spirit and nature is a powerful inspiration to us all.

One of the most popular recording artists of the 1970s, country-folk singer/songwriter John Denver's gentle, environmentally conscious music established him among the most beloved entertainers of his era; wholesome and clean-cut, his appeal extended to fans of all ages and backgrounds, and led to parallel careers as both an actor and a humanitarian.

Born John Henry Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico on December 31, 1943, he was raised in an Air Force family, and grew up in various regions of the south-western U.S. As a teen, his grandmother presented him with a 1910 Gibson acoustic guitar, and while attending Texas Tech University, he began performing in local clubs. Adopting the stage surname "Denver" in tribute to the Rocky Mountain area he so cherished, he dropped out of college in 1964 to relocate to Los Angeles; there he joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a major draw on the hootenanny circuit of the early 1960s, but in the twilight of their career at the time of Denver's arrival. Over time however, Denver helped resuscitate the group on the strength of his songwriting skills; signed to Mercury, the Trio recorded a number of tracks, which the label repackaged in 1974 as "Beginnings" with the Chad Mitchell Trio.

Upon the departure of the last remaining founding member, the Chad Mitchell Trio became known as Denver, Boise and Johnson; the new group proved short-lived however, when Denver exited in 1969 to pursue a solo career. That same year he recorded his debut LP, "Rhymes and Reasons"; while not a hit, it contained one of his best-loved compositions, "Leaving On a Jet Plane," an international chart-topper for Peter, Paul & Mary . Still, neither of Denver's follow-up albums, 1970's "Whose Garden Was This" and "Take Me To Tomorrow", launched him as a solo performer.

Finally, with 1971's "Poems, Prayers and Promises", he achieved superstardom, thanks to the million-selling hits "Rocky Mountain High", "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Sunshine On My Shoulders." In the years to follow, Denver also scored with "Annie's Song" (penned for his first wife) and "Back Home Again," and by 1974 was firmly established as America's best-selling performer; albums like 1975's "An Evening With John Denver" and "Windsong" were phenomenally popular, and he continued to top the singles charts with efforts including "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry." Additionally, his 1974 "best-of" collection sold over ten million copies worldwide, and remained on the charts for over two years.

At the peak of his success, Denver was everywhere - the governor of Colorado proclaimed him the state's poet laureate, his label Windsong was responsible for hits like the Starland Vocal Band's mammoth "Afternoon Delight," and he appeared in a number of ratings-grabbing television specials, as well as several guest-host appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. In 1977, he moved into film, co-starring with George Burns in the comedy hit Oh, God! Indeed, Denver's Christmas special "John Denver and The Muppets: A Christmas Together," is considered a classic. During this time, however, he dramatically curtailed his recording output, and after 1977's "I Want to Live", issued no new material until 1980's "Autograph".

The following year, he performed with opera star Placido Domingo, but as the decade progressed, Denver's popularity waned as he turned his focus more towards humanitarian work, focusing primarily on ecological concerns and space exploration; he also toured Communist-led Russia and China, and in 1987, performed in Chernobyl in the wake of that city's nuclear disaster.

While maintaining a solid cult following, by the 1990s Denver had largely fallen off the radar, and he made more news for a 1993 drunk-driving arrest than he did for records like 1991's "Different Directions".

However, in the summer of 1993, Denver was the recipient of the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Music Award, given to him "For a life's work dedicated to music and devoted to humanity." It was the first time a non-classical music artist had been so honoured. Also in 1993, Denver completed his first movie since "Oh, God!" called "Walking Thunder," it stars him as he most likes to be - in country clothes, under an open sky. In 1994, he published an autobiography, Take Me Home.

Many people knew of Denver's two passions: flying and outer space. He was not only a licensed pilot with his own Lear jet, but an aerobatic pilot, and is licensed to fly gliders. He flew Air Force F-15 fighters and the Space Shuttle simulator. NASA awarded him its public service medal for helping "increase awareness of space exploration by the people of the world."

It was his great love of flying that would spell tragedy for the 53 year old entertainer on October 12, 1997, when the handmade, experimental airplane he was flying, ran out of gas and crashed off the coast of Monterey Bay, CA., killing him instantly.

There is not much that Denver did not achieve. One of the world's best known and best-loved performers, he was a master communicator who could reach audiences regardless of geography, economics, politics and language. He was a true international figure dedicated to world peace and the elimination of hunger. He was one of the five founders of The Hunger Project, and, as part of both that commitment and to UNICEF as well, he was a member of the fact-finding delegation which toured African countries devastated by drought and starvation. Denver was awarded the Presidential "World Without Hunger" Award; he was a supporter of the National Wildlife Federation, Save the Children, the Cousteau Society, Friends of the Earth and the Human/Dolphin Foundation, to name just a few.

Denver's numerous tributes and awards included acknowledgments as the number one recording artist in the U.S., Favourite Music Performer, People's Choice Awards, AGVA Singing Star of the Year, Yamaha Music Award and recognition from many governments for his concert about global hunger problems.

Denver's popularity since the early 1970s may be measured in record sales that few other artists have achieved, including 14 gold albums and 8 platinum albums in the U.S. alone. He has had many gold and platinum sales overseas as well, in countries including Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. John Denver is one of the top five recording artists in the sales history of the music industry.

Denver was once quoted as saying, "Music does bring people together; it allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same."

John Denver

John Denver was born on 31 December 1943, New Mexico, U.S.A. He is one of the most popular performers during the 70s.

Denver began to learn to play guitar at 12 with his grandmother's encouragement. Denver's rise to fame began when he was discovered in a Los Angeles nightclub. He first began with songwriting. One of his compositions, 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', provided an international hit for Peter, Paul And Mary. In his early days of his musical career, he set up a band but it didn't perform to wonderfully.

Denver began his solo career in 1969. His early releases like "Take Me To Tomorrow" and "Whose Garden Was This" garnered some attention for him. But it was not until the release of poems "Prayers And Promises" that the singer enjoyed popular acclaim. What is more, one of its tracks, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" broached the U.S. top 3 and became a U.K. top 20 hit in 1973. The song's undemanding homeliness established a light, almost na?ve style. This style was consolidated on the albums "Aerie" and "Rocky Mountain High". "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy" in 1973 and "Sunshine On My Shoulders" in 1974 were both gold singles. And "Annie's Song", which was written for his wife and became a third million-seller, secured his international status. Further U.S. chart success came in 1975 with two number 1 hits, i.e. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" And " I'm Sorry". Denver's status as an all-round entertainer was enhanced by many television spectaculars, including Rocky Mountain Christmas, and further gold-record awards for "An Evening With John Denver and Windsong". The year 1975 was the most successful year to date. He continued to enjoy a high profile throughout the rest of the decade. Later he tried some other things like opera and films. Denver's cute, simplistic approach achieved a mass popularity that was the envy of many artists. He died in October 1997 when the private plane he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

He is considered to be the most successful singer of country music.

John Denver

John Denver was born on 31 December 1943, New Mexico, U.S.A. He is one of the most popular performers during the 70s.

Denver began to learn to play guitar at 12 with his grandmother's encouragement. Denver's rise to fame began when he was discovered in a Los Angeles nightclub. He first began with songwriting. One of his compositions, 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', provided an international hit for Peter, Paul And Mary. In his early days of his musical career, he set up a band but it didn't perform to wonderfully.

Denver began his solo career in 1969. His early releases like "Take Me To Tomorrow" and "Whose Garden Was This" garnered some attention for him. But it was not until the release of poems "Prayers And Promises" that the singer enjoyed popular acclaim. What is more, one of its tracks, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" broached the U.S. top 3 and became a U.K. top 20 hit in 1973. The song's undemanding homeliness established a light, almost na?ve style. This style was consolidated on the albums "Aerie" and "Rocky Mountain High". "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy" in 1973 and "Sunshine On My Shoulders" in 1974 were both gold singles. And "Annie's Song", which was written for his wife and became a third million-seller, secured his international status. Further U.S. chart success came in 1975 with two number 1 hits, i.e. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" And " I'm Sorry". Denver's status as an all-round entertainer was enhanced by many television spectaculars, including Rocky Mountain Christmas, and further gold-record awards for "An Evening With John Denver and Windsong". The year 1975 was the most successful year to date. He continued to enjoy a high profile throughout the rest of the decade. Later he tried some other things like opera and films. Denver's cute, simplistic approach achieved a mass popularity that was the envy of many artists. He died in October 1997 when the private plane he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

He is considered to be the most successful singer of country music

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