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"Take Me Home, Country Roads", or Country Roads, Take Me Home 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.
John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
The group began as Fat City, a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. [2]Danoff and Nivert co-wrote the song "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and then, with John Denver, "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which became a hit single in 1971 and became an official song of West Virginia in 2014. [3]
Just watch the entire stadium at Allianz Arena singing to John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (very popular with the Oktoberfest crowd, I have learned) in the final two minutes pic ...
Senator Nancy Todd said, "John Denver to me is an icon of what Colorado is". [70] John Denver Memorial stone with the lyrics to "Rocky Mountain High" in Rio Grande Park, Aspen, Colorado [71] On September 24, 2007, the California Friends of John Denver and The Windstar Foundation unveiled a bronze plaque near the spot where his plane went down.
John Denver with Bill Danoff - Taffy Nivert Victory Is Peace (Tomorrow Entertainment ER-7209-LP, 1972) [9] Bill & Taffy Pass It On (RCA, 1973) Aces (RCA, 1974) Starland Vocal Band Five albums; details at SVB page; Singles. John Denver with Fat City "Take Me Home, Country Roads" / "Poems, Prayers And Promises" (RCA, 1971) Bill & Taffy
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Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released on April 6, 1971 by RCA Records.The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.