ACADEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
 
DENVER, JOHN
 
John Denver, b. Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., in Roswell,
N.Mex., Dec. 31, 1943, is a pop-folk singer and songwriter. His 
early work, while more sentimental and less musically complex
than that of his contemporaries Bob Dylan and Paul Simon,
reflected similar political concerns. His later hit songs,
including "Rocky Mountain High" (1972), "Back Home Again"
(1974), and "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1975), have tended
in the direction of pop-country music. In 1977 he starred with
George Burns in the film Oh God!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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