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"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 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]
He joined The John Denver Band in 1969, and was involved in writing, arranging, and performing such songs as "Rocky Mountain High", "Sunshine on My Shoulders", and "The Eagle and the Hawk". [ 3 ] "Rocky Mountain High"
This page is a comprehensive discography of American folk musician John Denver.Denver had four number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, all achieved between 1973 and 1975: "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry".
The Colorado state legislature also adopted "Rocky Mountain High" as one of its two state songs in 2007, and West Virginia did the same for "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in 2014. An avid pilot, Denver died at the age of 53 in 1997, in a single-fatality crash while piloting a recently purchased light plane.
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the album "features all of John Denver's greatest hits" while also noting that "For those who want to dig deeper than the greatest-hits collections, or want to pass by those individual volumes in favor of one set, The Rocky Mountain Collection is an ideal purchase."
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 John Denver Collection is a 5-CD compilation of the original songs performed by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in 1995. It was released in 1995. Track listing