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...

© 2007 Sony BMG/Legacy Records On February 27, 2007, Sony BMG's imprint Legacy released The Essential John Denver, a two-CD compilation album that rounds up 36 of the late singer/actor/songwriter John Denver's best-known songs. Like all of the albums in Sony's Essentials series, it contains all of Denver's "greatest hits," including Take Me Home, Country Roads (which is now one of West Virginia's four official state songs); Leaving on a Jet Plane; Sunshine on My Shoulders; Annie's Song; Rhymes and Reasons; Rocky Mountain High (Colorado's state song); Calypso; Thank God I'm a Country Boy; Goodbye Again; and Is it Love?  The Artist  John Denver (real name, Henry John Deustchendorf Jr.) was an "Air Force brat" who started his musical career in 1963 after dropping out of the Texas School of Engineering and entering the folk music scene in Los Angeles. He had learned how to sing in the Tucson (Arizona) Boys' Chorus while h...