John Denver: “Today” (Live) (1975)
John Denver’s credentials as a songwriter are impressive. He is also the subject of a unique bit of music trivia in that his first two top 40 hits have been adopted as official state songs.
Colorado recognized “Rocky Mountain High” as such in 2007. And in 2014 “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (co-written by Denver with Bill Danoff and Tammy Nivert) was given the same distinction by the state of West Virginia.
But Denver wasn’t averse to putting his stamp on other writers’ work if it spoke for him.
And Randy Sparks’ moving ballad “Today”, a #17 hit in 1964 for Sparks’ folk group the New Christy Minstrels, is one of the most sublime songs Denver ever sang.
Denver’s beautifully recorded live double LP An Evening with John Denver reached #2 on the pop album chart and was a #1 country album in an era when double and even triple live albums cracked the top 10 with regularity.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/01/11/songs-you-may-have-missed-290/
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