Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
For high schools of the same name, see Rocky Mountain High School. " Rocky Mountain High " is a folk rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album Rocky Mountain High, and rose to No. 9 on the US Hot 100 in 1973.
Rocky Mountain Way on YouTube. " Rocky Mountain Way " is a 1973 song by rock guitarist Joe Walsh and his band Barnstorm, with writing credits given to all four band members: Walsh, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, and Joe Vitale. The song was originally released on the album The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get.
Where the Columbines Grow is one of the two official state songs of the U.S. state of Colorado. [ 1 ] It was written and composed by Dr. Arthur John Fynn in 1911, [ 2 ][ 3 ] and was adopted on May 8, 1915. [ 4 ] In the early to mid-2000s, there was debate over replacing Where the Columbines Grow with John Denver 's Rocky Mountain High or Merle ...
The Big Rock Candy Mountains. " The Big Rock Candy Mountains ", first recorded and copyrighted by Harry McClintock in 1928, [3] is a country folk song about a hobo 's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where "hens lay soft-boiled eggs " and there are " cigarette trees".
Smoky Mountain Rain. " Smoky Mountain Rain " is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September 1980 as the first and only single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. The single became one of his best-known songs.
Rocky Mountain High is the sixth studio album released by American singer-songwriter John Denver in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the title single, and in addition reached no. 11 in the UK and no. 1 in Canada. [ 3 ] The album's cover photograph was taken at Slaughterhouse Falls, Rio Grande Trail, Aspen ...
Take Me Home, Country Roads. " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", 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.
Land of the Silver Birch. " Land of the Silver Birch " is a traditional Canadian folk song that dates from the 1920s. The lyrics are sometimes erroneously attributed to Pauline Johnson, perhaps in confusion with her well-known poem, "The Song My Paddle Sings". [1] It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires ...