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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.
Country Road (song) " Country Road " is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in February 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. It is the third single from Taylor's second studio album, Sweet Baby James. "Country Road" is also featured on James Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits record.
Shane McAnally. " 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 ...
Seven Bridges Road is an ode to Woodley Road (County Road 39, Montgomery County, Alabama), a rural two-lane road which runs south off East Fairview Avenue - the southern boundary of the Cloverdale neighborhood of Montgomery, Alabama - at Cloverdale Road, and which features seven bridges: three pairs of bridges, and the seventh approximately 1 mile south by itself.
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]
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. Poems, Prayers & Promises was Denver's commercial breakthrough, and contains several of his most popular songs, such as ...
Red Dirt Road (song) " Red Dirt Road " is a song written and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in April 2003 as the first single and title track from their album of the same name. "Red Dirt Road" serves a summation of small-town values and the experiences that shape you. The song was a domestic chart-topper ...
Born. (1944-10-25) October 25, 1944 (age 79) Washington, D.C., [1] U.S. Occupation (s) Songwriter, singer. Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert-Danoff[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 ...