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  John Denver
A small but significant scandal arose when it was discovered Denver, a vocal spokesman on environmental issues and conservation of gasoline, had two large gasoline tanks buried underground at his Colorado Springs estate, insurance against the current gas crisis.
Denver's testimony most famously includes describing how his song Rocky Mountain High was dropped from radio stations because it was assumed to be about drug use.
John Denver slams his antique yellow Porsche into a cluster of trees in his Aspen, Colorado neighborhood.
www.rotten.com /library/bio/entertainers/music/john-denver   (381 words)

  
  John Denver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Denver was a supporter of the Democratic Party, as well as a number of charitable causes for the environment, the homeless, the poor, the African AIDS crisis, and hunger.
John's first marriage was to wife Anne Martell, the mother of two of his three children, and subject of his much-beloved hit "Annie's Song." He and Anne adopted their son (Zachary) and daughter (Kate) after determining that John was infertile.
Denver was the sole occupant of the aircraft.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Denver   (3278 words)

  
 John Denver
One of the most popular recording artists of the 1970s, country-folk singer/songwriter John Denver's gentle, environmentally conscious music established him among the most beloved entertainers of his era; wholesome and clean-cut, his appeal extended to fans of all ages and backgrounds, and led to parallel careers as both an actor and a humanitarian.
Born John Henry Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico on December 31, 1943, he was raised in an Air Force family, and grew up in various regions of the south-western U.S. As a teen, his grandmother presented him with a 1910 Gibson acoustic guitar, and while attending Texas Tech University, he began performing in local clubs.
Denver's popularity since the early 1970s may be measured in record sales that few other artists have achieved, including 14 gold albums and 8 platinum albums in the U.S. alone.
www.classicbands.com /denver.html   (818 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: John Denver
Denver, a licensed pilot, was piloting a single-engine, fiberglass plane alone.
A memorial service for John Denver was held on Oct. 17th in Aurora, Colorado with hundreds of family members, friends and fans of the singer.
Denver was cremated in California, and his ashes were brought by friends to Colorado.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-d/johndenver_main.htm   (350 words)

  
 Artist Biography - John Denver
Denver's first major break came when he was chosen from 250 other hopefuls as lead singer for the popular Chad Mitchell Trio, with whom he sang for two years.
Denver has a wide range of performance capabilities, extending from solo appearances with only a guitar and his own rice voice to working with a vocal group and a string quartet to appearing as a guest with many major American symphony orchestras; he is a perennial favorite with the Boston Pops.
Denver's movie debut in "Oh God!" (with George Burns) was a solid hit, as were his TV roles that included starring in "Foxfire" with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn.
www.countrypolitan.com /bio-john-denver.php   (1446 words)

  
 John Denver St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Denver was born Henry John Deutschendorf on December 31, 1943,; in Roswell,; New Mexico.
Denver was happier in Tucson, Arizona, than anywhere else; but his father was transferred to Montgomery, Alabama, in the midst of the Montgomery boycotts.
John Denver saw Alabama as a place of hatred and mistrust, and he wanted no part of it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200301   (929 words)

  
 CNN - John Denver confirmed dead - Oct. 13, 1997
Teri Martell, whose sister Annie was Denver's first wife, told CNN by phone from her home in Minnesota that, "Denver was a very experienced pilot," and that Annie was told he was practicing taking off and landing when the accident occurred Sunday shortly after 5 p.m..
Denver was in a previous plane accident in April 1989.
Denver had 14 gold and eight platinum albums in the United States, and was popular around the world.
www.cnn.com /US/9710/13/denver.update   (946 words)

  
 John Denver - hotshotdigital.com
Denver received his first major success when his song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" was recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and rapidly climbed to #1 on the pop charts.
It was this ability to connect with listeners of all nationalities, ages, and political leanings that made John Denver one of the most beloved and influential recording artists of the 20th century.
He was urged to adopt a stage name early in his music career, and originally used John Sommerville, but he eventually took his name from the capital of Colorado, a region that he had a lifelong fondness for.
www.hotshotdigital.com /WellAlwaysRemember.4/JohnDenver.html   (435 words)

  
 John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Although John Denver is undoubtedly best known for his music and films, he was also one of the nation's most visible environmental activists.
John Denver was also a member of the Presidential Commission on World and Domestic Hunger and was awarded the Presidential World Without Hunger Award.
In recognition of this commitment to the environment, John Denver was the first recipient of the World Ecology Medal awarded by the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
www.umsl.edu /~biology/icte/scholarships/denver.html   (380 words)

  
 Untitled
So John, this is my tribute to you and may we meet again in Heaven, this time a much happier reunion.
Denver, born John Henry Deutschendorfer, in Roswell, New Mexico, dropped out of school to pursue a career in folk music in Los Angeles and sang with the Chad Mitchell Trio in the '60s.
Denver's futuristic, Y-shaped Long EZ was designed in 1979 and was one of about 1,000 currently in use, including two that recently made round-the-world trips.
members.tripod.com /~hermanet/denver.htm   (872 words)

  
 CNN - John Denver killed in plane crash - Oct. 13, 1997
Denver was piloting the two-seat light plane along the California coast when the engine failed shortly after 5 p.m., plunging him into ocean waters just past Monterey Bay.
Denver owned a home on Monterey Peninsula, a coastal area south of San Francisco, and visited the area often, Hicks said.
According to Sony Records, Denver's current label, he is one of the five top-selling artists in the history of the music industry.
www.cnn.com /US/9710/13/denver.nc   (933 words)

  
 John Denver Biography, Page 2 - The World Family of John Denver - Albums - Songs - Lyrics - Movies - Editorials - ...
John Denver was determined to do more than just entertain; he wanted “to make a difference in the world.”
Million sellers became the norm for John Denver as the hit songs exploded from him during the decade of the 1970’s, when he was at one time the top recording artist in the world.
In 1977, John Denver was honored by the governor of Colorado with the “Poet Laureate of Colorado” recognition; in 1979, the U.S. Jaycees named John Denver as one of the Ten Outstanding Men of America.
www.john-denver.org /default.asp?id=445   (493 words)

  
 Peace Cloth
The John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth was invited to participate in the dedication of the John Denver memorial at the Austin Nature Center in Austin, TX.
The Peace Cloth was invited to participate in the Challenger Learning Center, in honor of John Denver's commitment to space and the remembrance of the Challenger astronauts lost in 1986.
Windstar was founded by John Denver and Tom Crum in 1976 to promote the dissemination of ideas geared toward the sustainability of life on earth; ongoing.
www.johndenverpeacecloth.com   (778 words)

  
 John Denver
Though his star had faded after 14 gold and eight platinum albums, and being the top-selling recording artist in the world in the 1970s, John Denver seemed in the last year or so to be undergoing a Tony Bennett-like transformation from obscurity to celebrity redux.
Denver's audiences in the English-speaking world have always been loyal and large; he was much admired in Ireland, Holland, Germany, France and Italy, and he had plans to expand his touring to include Eastern European countries as well.
In the early days, John Denver performed mostly on small college campuses and in coffee houses, bringing along a slide projector, movie clip and screen that was hung behind him on the stage, flashing colorful mountain scenes while he sang.
www.midtod.com /98autumn/denver.phtml   (1902 words)

  
 AskTog: John Denver: When Interfaces Kill
It may be John Denver was told not to fill the tanks, but was not told of this partial-filling practice.
This ensured that a pilot unfamiliar with the aircraft, upon hearing the engine begin missing and spotting in his mirror that the left fuel tank was empty, would attempt to rotate the fuel valve to the right, away from the full tank, guaranteeing his destruction.
The interface was relegated to a mere "factor." Had John Denver fueled his aircraft in spite of evidence indicating he had sufficient fuel, had he somehow managed to thoroughly familiarize himself with the idiosyncrasies of this uniquely-assembled experimental aircraft sans manual, he would be alive and well today.
www.asktog.com /columns/027InterfacesThatKill.html   (1327 words)

  
 Amazon.com: John Denver's Greatest Hits: Music: John Denver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But the drawback to that added track is that on his first Greatest Hits compilation John Denver had originally re-recorded many of the songs back in 1973 because he felt that had grown as a singer and artist since those songs were first recorded.
Denver had been recording his own songs for only a short time, not really long enough of a period to justify a greatest hits collection, but these were the songs that defined John Denver and his music to the world.
This greatest hits album is somewhat unusual because Denver rerecorded many of the songs, explaining that he felt he was signing better and that he wanted to do something a little different with some of these songs than he had in the original versions.
www.amazon.com /John-Denvers-Greatest-Hits-Denver/dp/B0009I7O2U   (1824 words)

  
 John Denver
Denver had already flown the plane into Monterey from Santa Maria, and on that particular Sunday afternoon he wanted to take it on a test spin down the coast.
Denver had practiced three touch and go landings - in which he swooped down to the runway and then pulled back up - before receiving the permission from the Monterey Airport to take the plane on the test spin.
Trivia: Denver desperately wanted to be the first civilian in space, and came very close to being booked on the ill fated Challenger Shuttle flight.
www.findadeath.com /Decesed/d/John%20Denver/john_denver.htm   (1081 words)

  
 John Denver and Me   (Site not responding. Last check: )
connection that the author had with John Denver both from being with him and from afar.
Denver as practically a god and who believe that we mortals are not entitled to know him on
Denver tune I would feel entirely differently when the song was over - usually lighter,
hometown.aol.com /jeanniestmarie/JohnDenverandMe.html   (533 words)

  
 John Denver - the man, the music, the vision...
It was John Denver, after all, who more-or-less started this journey for me and it only seemed fitting that he be remembered for it.
I started listening to John's music when I was in high school in the early 1970s, a time of much confusion in the United States and around the world.
John's music rounded the sharp edges off of the nightmare and made you believe that there was hope, that man would figure it all out and in the end everything would be fine.
www.kaibab.org /misc/j_denver.htm   (633 words)

  
 NATURE. John Denver: Let This Be A Voice | PBS
NATURE's JOHN DENVER: LET THIS BE A VOICE explores the American West with the late singer and conservationist.
Defying all conventional labels, John Denver held a singular place in American music: a songwriter whose immensely popular work was suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world.
In the months just prior to his death in a plane accident in 1997, Denver was filming an episode of the NATURE series, centering on the natural wonders that inspired many of his best-loved songs.
www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/denver   (189 words)

  
 Home - The World Family of John Denver - Albums - Songs - Lyrics - Movies - Editorials - Photos .
Here in these pages, we come together to honor, memorialize, and pay respect to John, for he taught us many things about life: from joy to sorrow, from love to anger.
John Denver physically left us in 1997, but his spirit lives on in all of us who remember.
Click on the sidelink John Denver to read about John's life.
www.john-denver.org   (149 words)

  
 John Denver — Infoplease.com
Denver was born John Henry Deutschendorf and took the name Denver, honoring his adopted home state, Colorado, in the mid 1960s.
Denver was killed when his experimental plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean near California's Monterey Bay.
John Denver - John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.) singer, songwriter Born: 12/31/1943 Birthplace:...
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 John Denver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state...
John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind (1981) (TV)....
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) (TV)....
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 John Denver interviews, articles and reviews from Rock’s Backpages
JOHN DENVER has a strong and tuneful tenor, a smilingly ingenuous persona both vocally and visually and a sense of purpose to his writing and singing.
IT SEEMS as if you can't be complimentary about John Denver without adding some kickback remark to cover yourself.
NO ONE WAS ever less ashamed of wearing their heart on their sleeve than John Denver.
www.rocksbackpages.com /artist.html?ArtistID=denver_john   (180 words)

  
 Music, Genres, Rock and Pop, Artists, D, Denver, John,
John Denver fans, your new home for that special web site.
For those who love John Denver as brother and friend.
We come together in communion to share and honor John's life, works, music and memory.
dir.webring.com /rw?d=Music/Genres/Rock_and_Pop/Artists/D/Denver__John   (218 words)

  
 John Denver - AOL Music
Harold Thau is proud to present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9,...
John Denver - The World Family of John Denver.
Download, listen and watch John Denver music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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