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John Denver Born Henry John Deutschendorf, John Denver took his name from the city that would eventually become his home; “Denver, Colorado”. In 1967 while Denver was part of “The

Rick Danko Rick Danko was a canadian-born musician who sang, played Bass and acoustic guitar for the band. He sang lead on such rock classics as “The Weight” and “Stagefright”‘.

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin was born as Walden Robert Cassotto on May 14th 1936 in The Bronx, New York. During his childhood he contracted rheumatic fever resulting in damage to

Jim Croce Jim Croce was a talented singer-songwriter folk guitar player. Jim hailed from Philadelphia PA and showed an interest in music at an early age. He married his high

Sam Cooke Sam Cooke started out as a gospel singer with “The Soul Stirrers”. He went solo after being kicked-out and turned to mainstream pop. Sam wrote and recorded classics

Brian Connolly Brian Connolly was lead singer for the British rock group “Sweet” who enjoyed moderate success during the mid to late seventies. Their first hit was the FM bubble-gumish

Harry Chapin was a folk-rock balladeer best known for his song “Taxi”. He enjoyed moderate success during the seventies. On July 16th of 1981 while on his way to a

Johnny Cash Known as the man in black Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland Arkansas February 26th , 1932.The son of a Southern Baptist sharecropper he began performing as early

Eric Carr Eric Carr answered an ad in the “New York Times” and wound up in the group “Kiss”. The group was known for it’s outrageous stage act complete with

Glen Buxton Glen Buxton played lead guitar in Alice Cooper’s band. He co-wrote a number of their popular tunes. “Alice Cooper” broke new ground as one of the first shock-rock