Greatest Hits

~ Release by John Denver (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Leaving on a Jet Plane
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
arranger:
John Denver and Milt Okun
recording of:
Leaving on a Jet Plane (on 1969-05-29)
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Cherry Lane Music Publishing Inc, Cherry Lane Music, Inc., Reservoir Media Music (B) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
4.353:40
2Take Me Home Country Roads
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Jean Kaplow
producer:
Milt Okun
acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
banjo and pedal steel guitar:
Eric Weissberg
double bass:
Dick Kniss
guitar:
Bill Danoff and Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
membranophone:
Gary Chester (studio drummer and educator)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist)
background vocals:
Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and Starland Vocal Band
vocals:
John Denver
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 94) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 358)
recording of:
Take Me Home, Country Roads (on 1971-02-04)
writer:
Bill Danoff, John Denver and Taffy Nivert
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
4.33:11
3City of New Orleans
3:21
4Friends With You
3:26
5Annie's Song
engineer:
Mickey Crofford
additional producer and assistant producer:
Kris O'Connor
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
conductor:
Lee Holdridge
arranger:
Lee Holdridge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1974)
recording of:
Annie’s Song (on 1974-03-08)
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
Winter Hill Music
3.653:00
6Thank God I'm a Country Boy
engineer:
Mickey Crofford
assistant producer:
Kris O'Connor
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
recording of:
Thank God I’m a Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
John Martin Sommers
publisher:
Chrysalis One Australia Pty. Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. (Mushroom label’s publishing company)
43:09
7Grandma's Feather Bed
recording of:
Grandma’s Feather Bed
lyricist and composer:
Jim Connor (US folk/country composer, singer and musician)
2:18
8Calypso
recording of:
Calypso
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
3:37
9Garden Song
2:47
10Thirsty Boots
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
arranger:
John Denver and Milt Okun
cover recording of:
Thirsty Boots
lyricist and composer:
Eric Andersen (US folk singer-songwriter, the famous one)
4:38
11Dreamland Express
recording of:
Dreamland Express
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
54:06
12It Amazes Me
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
arranger:
John Denver and Milt Okun
recording of:
It Amazes Me
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
32:36
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