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John Denver Ignited CMA Controversy in 1975

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CMA Flashback: Entertainer of the Year

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Songwriter Profile – Louisa Branscomb

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All the Flowers Have Gone - A Personal Tribute to Mary Travers

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John Fogerty Plays Surprise Set During AMAs

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Biography John Denver

John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales,http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt recording and releasing around 300 songs, of which about half were composed by him. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Songs such as "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (1967), "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), "Rocky Mountain High" (1972), "Sunshine on My Shoulders" (1973), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1974), "Annie's Song" (1974), and "Calypso" (1975) are popular worldwide. Denver has been referred to as "The Poet for the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend". Early years Denver was born in Roswell, New Mexico, to Erma