Po odejściu ostatniego członka oryginalnego składu, grupa Mitchell Trio zmieniła nazwę na Denver, Boise and Johnson, lecz gdy w 1969 r. Denver rozpoczął karierę solową, przestała istnieć. Kompozycja Denvera "Leaving On A Jet Plane" wykonana przez trio Peter, Paul and Mary, stała się międzynarodowym przebojem, a później ozdobą debiutanckiego albumu Denvera Rhymes & Reasons.
Jego kolejne dwie duże płyty - Take Me To Tomorrow oraz Whose Garden Was This - zyskały umiarkowane zainteresowanie, prawdziwym sukcesem okazał się dopiero album Poems, Prayers And Promises, gdy pochodzący z niego utwór "Take Me Home, Country Roads" zajął 3. miejsce na amerykańskiej liście przebojów, a w 1973 r., wykonany przez Olivię Newton-John, również 20. miejsce w zestawieniu brytyjskim. Prostota i wdzięk tej piosenki legły u podstaw własnego stylu Denvera- lekkiego, niemal naiwnego, skrystalizowanego na kolejnych albumach Aerle oraz Rocky Mountain High.
Single "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy" (z 1973 r.) i "Sunshine On My Shoulders" (z 1974 r.) były "złotymi płytami". "Annie's Song", trzecia mała płyta, sprzedana w USA w milionowym nakładzie, przyniosła Denverowi także sławę międzynarodową, gdy w 1974 r. zajęła 1. miejsce na liście przebojów Wielkiej Brytanii.
W 1978 r. klasyczny flecista James Galway nagrał ją na nowo, zdobywając 3. miejsce w zestawieniu brytyjskim. W 1975 r. Denver odniósł kolejne sukcesy w Stanach Zjednoczonych: dwa single - "Thank God I'm A Countryboy" i "I'm Sorry" - kolejno zajęły pierwsze miejsce na liście przebojów. Pozycję Denvera jako wszechstronnego showmana potwierdziły wówczas liczne telewizyjne programy muzyczne z jego udziałem, m.in. "Rocky Mountain Christmas", a wreszcie dwie "złote płyty" za albumy An Evening With John Denver i Windsong.
W drugiej połowie lat 70-tych Denver utrzymał wysokie notowania w muzyce, próbując jednocześnie kariery aktorskiej rolą w komedii filmowej "Oh, God", w której wystąpił obok George'a Burnsa. W 1981 r. jego talent kompozytorski zwrócił uwagę wielkiego artysty z kręgu muzyki poważnej - piosenkę "Perhaps Love" zaśpiewał w duecie z nim Placido Domingo.Denver stał się w tym okresie niemal ambasadorem muzyki amerykańskiej - wystąpił m.in. na koncertach w Związku Radzieckim i Chinach jednak poświęcając coraz więcej czasu na działalność charytatywną i zainteresowania ekologiczne, nagrywał mniej płyt.
Pomimo ataków ze strony krytyki muzycznej, która określała twórczość Denvera jako mdłą i kiczowatą, jego prosta i przyjemna muzyka zyskała masową popularność, której może mu pozazdrościć wielu innych wykonawców.
Single
Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
Take Me Home, Country Roads / Poems, Prayers and Promises | John Denver | 04.1971 | - | 2[23] | RCA Victor 0445 | [platinum-US][gold-Uk][written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert][produced by Milton Okun][3.Adult Contemporary Chart] |
Friends With You / Starwood in Aspen | John Denver | 11.1971 | - | 47[11] | RCA Victor 0567 | [written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert][produced by Milton Okun] |
Everyday / City of New Orleans | John Denver | 03.1972 | - | 81[3] | RCA Victor 0647 | [written by Buddy Holly, Norman Petty][produced by Milton Okun] |
Goodbye Again / The Eagle and the Hawk | John Denver | 07.1972 | - | 88[6] | RCA Victor 0737 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Hard Life, Hard Times (Promises)/Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico) | John Denver | 097.1972 | - | 103[6] | RCA Victor 0801 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Rocky Mountain High / Spring | John Denver | 11.1972 | - | 9[19] | RCA Victor 0829 | [written by John Denver ,Mike Taylor][produced by Milton Okun] |
I'd Rather Be a Cowboy / Sunshine on My Shoulder | John Denver | 05.1973 | - | 62[10] | RCA Victor 0955 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][25.Adult Contemporary Chart] |
Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning) / Whiskey Basin Blues | John Denver | 09.1973 | - | 89[5] | RCA Victor 0067 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Please Daddy / Rocky Mountain Suite | John Denver | 12.1973 | - | 69[5] | RCA Victor 0182 | [written by Bill Danoff/Taffy Nivert][produced by Milton Okun] |
Sunshine on My Shoulders / Around and Around | John Denver | 01.1974 | - | 1[1][18] | RCA Victor 0213 | [gold-US][written by John Denver, Dick Kniss, Mike Taylor][produced by Milton Okun] |
Annie's Song / Cool an' Green an' Shady | John Denver | 06.1974 | - | 1[2][17] | RCA Victor 0295 | [gold-US][silver-UK][written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][9[7].Country Chart] |
Back Home Again / It's Up to You | John Denver | 09.1974 | - | 5[16] | RCA Victor 10065 | [gold-US][written by John Denver][produced by Kris O'Connor/Milton Okun][1[1][10].Country Chart] |
Sweet Surrender / Summer | John Denver | 12.1974 | - | 13[11] | RCA Victor 10148 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][7[7].Country Chart] |
Thank God I'm a Country Boy / My Sweet Lady | John Denver | 03.1975 | - | 1[1][19] | RCA Victor 10239 | [gold-US][written by John Martin Sommers][produced by Kris O'Connor/Milton Okun][1[1][9].Country Chart] |
I'm Sorry / Calypso | John Denver | 08.1975 | - | 1[1][18];B:2[10] | RCA Victor 10353 | [gold-US][written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][1[1][14].Country Chart] |
Fly Away / Two Shots | John Denver with Olivia Newton-John | 12.1975 | - | 13[12] | RCA Victor 10517 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][12[8].Country Chart] |
Christmas for Cowboys / Silent Night | John Denver | 12.1975 | - | 58[4] | RCA Victor 10464 | [written by Steve Weisbergt][produced by Milton Okun] |
Looking for Space / Windsong | John Denver | 03.1976 | - | 29[8] | RCA Victor 10586 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][30[4].Country Chart] |
It Makes Me Giggle / Spirit | John Denver | 05.1976 | - | 60[4] | RCA Victor 10687 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Like a Sad Song / Pegasus | John Denver | 09.1976 | - | 36[7] | RCA 10774 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][34[2].Country Chart] |
Baby You Look Good to Me Tonight / Wrangle Mountain Song | John Denver | 12.1976 | - | 65[7] | RCA 10854 | [written by Bill Danoff][produced by Milton Okun][22[5].Country Chart] |
My Sweet Lady / Welcome to My Morning (Farewell Andromeda) | John Denver | 03.1977 | - | 32[11] | RCA 10911 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
How Can I Leave You Again / To the Wild Country | John Denver | 11.1977 | - | 44[10] | RCA 11036 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun][22[7].Country Chart] |
It Amazes Me / Druthers | John Denver | 03.1978 | - | 59[7] | RCA 11214 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
I Want to Live / Tradewinds | John Denver | 04.1978 | - | 55[5] | RCA 11267 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Downhill Stuff / Life Is So Good | John Denver | 03.1979 | - | 106[2] | RCA 11479 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun,Kris O'Connor][64.Country Chart] |
What's On Your Mind / Sweet Melinda | John Denver | 04.1979 | - | 107[2] | RCA 11535 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun,Kris O'Connor][47.Country Chart] |
Autograph / Mountain Song | John Denver | 02.1980 | - | 52[10] | RCA 11915 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Dancing With the Mountains / American Child | John Denver | 06.1980 | - | 97[3] | RCA 12017 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) / Country Love | John Denver | 06.1981 | - | 36[20] | RCA 12246 | [written by Dick Feller][produced by Larry Butler][10[9].Country Chart] |
Cowboy and the Lady / Till You Opened My Eyes | John Denver | 10.1981 | - | 66[7] | RCA 12345 | [written by Bobby Goldsboro][produced by Larry Butler] |
Perhaps Love / Annie's Song | Plácido Domingo and John Denver | 01.1982 | - | 59[7] | Columbia 02679 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Shanghai Breezes / What One Man Can Do | John Denver | 03.1982 | - | 31[14] | RCA 13071 | [written by John Denver][produced by John Denver, Barney Wyckoff] |
Seasons of the Heart / Islands | John Denver | 07.1982 | - | 78[5] | RCA 13270 | [written by John Denver][produced by John Denver, Barney Wyckoff] |
Wild Montana Skies / I Remember Romance | John Denver and Emmylou Harris | 08.1983 | - | - | RCA 13562 | [14[8].Country Chart] |
Love Again/ It's About Time | John Denver and Sylvie Vartan | 11.1984 | - | 85[4] | RCA 13931 | [written by John Denver][produced by Milton Okun] |
Dreamland Express / African Sunrise | John Denver | 01.1986 | - | - | RCA 14227 | [written by John Denver][produced by Roger Nichols][9[10].Country Chart] |
And So It Goes / Amazing Grace | John Denver and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 07.1989 | - | - | Universal 66008 | [written by Paul Overstreet,Don Schlitz][produced by Randy Scruggs,Nitty Gritty Dirt Band][14[10].Country Chart] |
Albumy
Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
Rhymes and Reasons | John Denver | 10.1969 | 21[5][06.73] | 148[3] | RCA Victor 4207 | [silver-UK][produced by Milton Okun] |
Take Me to Tomorrow | John Denver | 05.1970 | - | 197[2] | RCA Victor 4278 | [produced by Milton Okun] |
Poems, Prayers, and Promises | John Denver | 04.1971 | 19[5][06.73] | 15[80] | RCA Victor 4499 | [platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun, Susan Ruskin] |
Aerie | John Denver | 12.1971 | - | 75[16] | RCA Victor 4607 | [gold][produced by Milton Okun] |
Rocky Mountain High | John Denver | 09.1972 | 11[15][03.73] | 4[53] | RCA Victor 4731 | [2x-platinum-US][gold-UK][produced by Milton Okun] |
Farewell Andromeda | John Denver | 06.1973 | - | 16[35] | RCA Victor 0101 | [gold-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
John Denver's Greatest Hits | John Denver | 12.1973 | - | 1[3][177] | RCA Victor 0374 | [9x-platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
The Best Of John Denver | John Denver | 03.1974 | 7[69] | - | RCA APL1-0374 [UK] | [produced by Milton Okun] |
Back Home Again | John Denver | 06.1974 | 3[29] | 1[1][96] | RCA Victor 0548 | [3x-platinum][silver-UK][produced by Milton Okun, Susan Ruskin] |
An Evening With John Denver | John Denver | 02.1975 | 31[4] | 2[50] | RCA Victor 0764 | [3x-platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
Windsong | John Denver | 10.1975 | 14[21] | 1[2][45] | RCA Victor 1183 | [2x-platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
Rocky Mountain Christmas | John Denver | 11.1975 | - | 14[11] | RCA Victor 1201 | [2x-platinum][produced by Milton Okun] |
John Denver gift pak | John Denver | 12.1975 | - | 138[6] | RCA Victor 1263 | - |
Live In London | John Denver | 05.1976 | 2[29] | - | RCA Victor RS 1050 [UK] | >[produced by Milton Okun] |
Spirit | John Denver | 09.1976 | 9[11] | 7[30] | RCA Victor 1694 | [platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
Rocky Mountain Christmas | John Denver | 12.1976 | - | 115[5] | RCA Victor 1201 | [produced by Milton Okun] |
Best of John Denver Vol.2 | John Denver | 03.1977 | 9[9] | - | RCA Victor PL 42 120 | [produced by Milton Okun] |
John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | John Denver | 03.1977 | - | 6[18] | RCA Victor 2195 | [2x-platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
I Want to Live | John Denver | 12.1977 | - | 25[5] | RCA Victor 2521 | [platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
John Denver | John Denver | 01.1979 | 68[1] | 25[15] | RCA Victor 3075 | [gold-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
A Christmas Together | John Denver & The Muppets | 11.1979 | - | 26[12] | RCA Victor 3451 | [platinum-US][produced by Milton Okun] |
Autograph | John Denver | 03.1980 | - | 39[17] | RCA Victor 3449 | [produced by Milton Okun] |
Some Days Are Diamonds | John Denver | 07.1981 | - | 32[30] | RCA Victor 4055 | [gold-US][produced by Larry Butler] |
Perhaps Love | Placido Domingo And John Denver | 11.1981 | 17[21] | 18[27] | CBS 73592 [UK] | [produced by Milton Okun] |
Seasons of the Heart | John Denver | 03.1982 | - | 39[33] | RCA Victor 4256 | [gold-US][produced by John Denver, Barney Wyckoff] |
It's About Time | John Denver | 10.1983 | 90[2] | 61[15] | RCA Victor 4683 | [produced by John Denver, Barney Wyckoff] |
John Denver Collection | John Denver | 12.1984 | 20[11] | - | Telstar STAR 2253 [UK] | - |
Dreamland Express | John Denver | 07.1985 | - | 90[19] | RCA Victor 5458 | [produced by Roger Nichols] |
One world | John Denver | 08.1986 | 91[3] | - | RCA PL 85 811 [UK] | [produced by Roger Nichols] |
The Flower That Shattered the Stone | John Denver | 11.1990 | - | 185[6] | Windstar 53 334 | [produced by John Denver, Roger Nichols] |
Christmas, Like a Lullaby | John Denver | 12.1990 | - | 28[5].Christmas Chart | Windstar 53 335 | - |
The Wildlife Concert | John Denver | 07.1995 | - | 104[4] | Legacy 64 655 | [gold-US] |
The Rocky Mountain Collection | John Denver | 11.1997 | 19[24] | 22[1].Catalog Albums | RCA 66 837 | [platinum][gold-UK] |
The Best of John Denver Live | John Denver | 11.1997 | - | 52[10] | Legacy 65 183 | [produced by Bob Irwin] |
All Aboard! | John Denver | 11.1997 | - | 165[1] | Sony Wonder 63 412 | [produced by Roger Nichols] |
Celebration of Life | John Denver | 12.1997 | - | 130[8] | River North 1360 | - |
The Best of John Denver | John Denver | 05.2000 | - | 9[14].Catalog Albums | Madacy 4750 | [platinum-US][gold-UK][produced by Milton Okun] |
The Best Of The Rocky Mountain Collection | John Denver | 02.2001 | 187[1] | - | RCA 74321 780062 [UK] | - |
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits | John Denver | 10.2004 | - | 52[6] | RCA 60 764 | [produced by Milton Okun/John Denver/Barney Wyckoff] |
A Song's Best Friend | John Denver | 10.2004 | 18[11] | - | BMG UK & Ireland 82876 65274 2[UK] | - |
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