John Denver, born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. in 1943, was a famous American singer-songwriter known for his gentle voice and heartfelt songs about nature and simple joys. He became one of the most ...

This week in 1974 – a recording that scored a big hit on both pop and country music charts was a song written about the writer's college sweetheart – whom he married in 1967 and divorced in 1983. The ...

“Annie’s Song” was written for Denver’s then-wife Annie Martell. Like much of Denver’s music, he conflates his romantic love with a force of nature. Denver was perched above the Colorado mountains in ...

hold of his country fans while appealing to a mainstream pop audience. Annie’s Song had the kind of appeal that Take Me Home Country roads had displayed a sweet and melodic tune with lyrics that ...

John Denver never broke character, possibly because he never really had any character to break. John Denver's whole persona, which was probably pretty close to his actual self, was always "sentimental ...