[8] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his disdain for city life, his enthusiasm for music, and his relationship trials. Denver had a few more U.S. Top 30 hits as the 1970s ended, but nothing to match his earlier success. Print and download Take Me Home, Country Roads sheet music by John Denver. [46], Denver's first marriage was to Annie Martell of St. Peter, Minnesota. [20] In 1980, Denver and his father, by then a lieutenant colonel, co-hosted an award-winning television special, The Higher We Fly: The History of Flight. Born on December 31, 1943, Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., more popularly known as John Denver, grew up in Roswell, New Mexico. John Denver's first taste of massive success came in 1971 with Poets, Prayers & Promises. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders". In 1979, Denver performed "Rhymes & Reasons" at the Music for UNICEF Concert. [42][43][51], Denver married Australian actress Cassandra Delaney[52] in 1988 after a two-year courtship. Two years prior, Denver had made a self-produced demo recording of some of the songs he played at his concerts. [54][55] However the accident was not influenced by alcohol use, since an autopsy found no sign of alcohol or other drugs in Denver's body. This was produced by long-time friend Roger Nichols. In addition to Denver's failing to refuel and his subsequent loss of control while attempting to switch fuel tanks, the NTSB determined there were other key factors that led to the accident. The band's albums were released on Denver's Windsong Records (later known as Windstar Records) label. On March 7, 2014, the West Virginia Legislature approved a resolution to make "Take Me Home, Country Roads" the official state song of West Virginia. Denver was a pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience. In 1972, Denver scored his first Top Ten album with Rocky Mountain High, with its title track reaching the Top Ten in 1973. Denver was a supporter of the Democratic Party and of a number of charitable causes for the environmental movement, the homeless, the poor, the hungry, and the African AIDS crisis. [42][43] In 1996, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 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