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Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert [2] (born October 25, 1944) is an American songwriter and singer. She is best known for co-writing " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", which was popularized by John Denver , and for being a member of the Starland Vocal Band .
"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.
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]
Bill Danoff, who co-wrote the song with Taffy Nivert, was asked by the Washington Post a decade ago why the song is so popular in Germany. Danoff was blunt. “I have no idea,” Danoff said. “I ...
Danoff and his then-wife Taffy Nivert wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is an official state song of West Virginia. [6]
Take Me Home, Country Roads (Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert) 2:32; Secret of the Waterfall (Jake Landers) 3:06; Breakin' It Down (Bill Emerson) 2:24; The Girl Behind the Bar (Carter Stanley) 3:01 *(bonus track) Get in Line Buddy (Bill Yates) 2:14; New Freedom Bell (Osborne) 2:40; bonus tracks added to album upon 1990 CD re-issue
"Forever Country" is a 2016 mashup performed by Artists of Then, Now & Forever, a one-time gathering of 30 American country music artists. The song combines elements of three previous country hits: John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" (1979), and Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" (1973).
Aerie is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver.It debuted on the Billboard 200 album charts on December 4, 1971, hitting No. 75. The song "The Eagle and the Hawk" was the title theme music to an ABC documentary of the same title starring both Denver and noted conservationist Morlan Nelson.