A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

© 2004 BMG Heritage/RCA Great songs never leave us, on a jet plane or otherwise. – David Wild, in "A Fan's Notes," John Denver: Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits On October 4, 2004, BMG Heritage and RCA released John Denver: Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits, a two-disc compilation that presents most of the late singer-songwriter John Denver's best-known and most popular hits (the sole exception being Grandma's Feather Bed ). Produced by Rob Santos and assembled by Gary Pacheco, Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits is a 24-track retrospective of Denver's storied career, including hits from his days as a star in the 1970s and the "twilight" years of the early to mid-1980s. Released to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Denver's first album for RCA Records ( Rhymes & Reasons, 1969), Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits presents 20 songs that were recorded between May of 1969 and April/May of 1983 on one disc, and four previously unreleased...

Great Voices Sing John Denver  (2013) Written and Directed by: Kenneth R. Shapiro Produced by: Elisa Justice, Milton Okun, Rosemary Okun, Peter Primont, Kenneth R. Shapiro, Mark Shimmel Music Arranged and Directed by: Lee Holdridge   Music and Lyrics: John Denver Starring: Danielle de Niesse, Placido Domingo, Placido Domingo Jr., Rodney Gilfry, Denyce Graves, Nathan Gunn, Thomas Hampson, Daniel Montenegro, Barbara Padilla, René Pape,  Matthew Polenzani, Patricia Racette, Shenyang, Stuart Skelton, Dolora Zajick On October 18, 2013, writer-director Kenneth Shapiro's Great Voices Sing John Denver, a 90-minute documentary about the making of the eponymous tribute album produced by Elisa Justice Holdridge, Milton Okun, and Rosemary Okun, which had been released in June of that year, was first screened. Featuring interviews with the Okuns, Justice Holdridge and her husband Lee Holdridge (who was the arranger and conductor for the musical performances),  Gre...