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Denver (John Denver) Kenny.
Kenny Rogers George.
George strait Vince.
Vince Gill Garth.
Garth Brooks Shania.
Shania Twain John Denver John Denver's original name was Henry John Dechidoff Jr., who was born on December 31, 1943 in Rouswell, New Mexico.
When he was 8 years old, his grandmother gave him a Gibson guitar made in 1910. He played it very well. After studying architecture at Texas Technical College, Denver went to Los Angeles and began to engage in music.
In a recruitment process for the Chad Mitchell Trio group, he auditioned and was selected among 250 applicants.
He stayed with the group for almost 4 years.
In 1969, he signed with RCA Records as a solo singer and released the album "Rooted".
One of the songs in the album, "Jet Plane," became the repertoire of folk singers like Peter, Paul and Mary, and topped the Billboard singles chart at the end of 1969.
In 1971, Denver's album "Poems, Prayers and Promises" made it to the top 40 for the first time, ranking 15th. Before that, he also released two albums: "Take Me to Tomorrow"
and "Whose Garden Is This?"
"Take Me Home, Country Road" was a hit song that Denver co-wrote with Bill Danloff and Tabbe Navitt.
The record sold one million copies, and Denver entered the country charts (No. 50) and the pop charts (No. 2) for the first time.
In the next album "High Rockies", Denver's singing improved again, ranking No. 4 on the 1972 charts. The title song ranked No. 9 on the pop song chart, winning the title of "pop music king".
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The mid-1970s were a breakthrough for Denver.
It opened with the pop hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," which quickly became his signature song.
An album in mid-1974, "Home Again," also topped the charts. One of the main songs, "Annie's Song," entered the 100 most popular songs and won the first place. The title song of this album also won the country
Top of the music charts.
This momentum continued into 1975, when the video "John Denver Nights" won the number one spot in both country and rock.
Since then, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", "I'm Sorry", and "Carriso" have also achieved some success on the pop song charts.
His frequent activities shifted to the television entertainment industry. He hosted the "John Denver Special" in 1974 and 1975, and won the Emmy Award for Best Music Special in 1975. In 1977, Denver successfully launched
Entering the film industry, in "Oh, God!"
"" starring opposite George Burns.
In addition to singing, Denver is also actively involved in social work and environmental causes. He has joined organizations such as Friends of the Earth, World Wildlife Fund and Hungry Project, and participated in the documentary "John Denver and Alaska: American Children"
"While filming, I sometimes sang a song about environmental protection: "Going Wild" in the U.S. Congress.
After 1975, Denver's chart rankings declined, but his albums continued to be popular: from 1971 to 1982, his songs charted a total of 15 times on the Hot 40 chart.
During the 1980s, Denver was more successful on the country charts than on the pop charts, and some of his major records were collaborations: "Maybe It's Love" with opera star Prado Domingo;
No. 59 on the pop charts in 1982; "Montana Sky" with Emmylou Harris, which reached No. 14 on the country charts in 1983; with Needy Grady
·The Det Band collaborated on "So This Is It", which ranked No. 14 on the country songs list in 1989.
John Denver has won 21 gold record awards and 4 platinum record awards so far. He is also one of the most familiar American country singers to Chinese audiences.
In October 1997, he unfortunately died in a plane crash during a flight.
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Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers was born on August 21, 1938 in Houston, Texas.
While in high school, he learned guitar and violin and played in a mountain rock band called The Scholars.
In 1966, he formed a band named "First Edition", which disbanded in 1972. In 1976, Rogers moved from a "hippie" style to a smooth country music path, becoming a
A reformer of country music, he incorporated a large number of pop music elements into country music, making the two perfectly combined.